Peasants’ War

E20059
event in the Protestant Reformation peasant revolt revolt uprising

The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.

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Label Occurrences
German Peasants' War 10
German Peasants’ War 10
Peasants' War 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
peasant revolt ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Peasants’ War ⓘ
surface form: German Peasants’ War

Peasants’ War ⓘ
surface form: Great Peasants’ War
chronologicalPredecessor Bundschuh revolts ⓘ
chronologicalSuccessor Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster ⓘ
conflictType religiously influenced conflict ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
endTime 1525 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths over 100000 peasants and commoners killed ⓘ
goal abolition of serfdom ⓘ
greater political rights for peasants ⓘ
reduction of feudal dues ⓘ
reform of the Church ⓘ
restoration of traditional communal rights ⓘ
hasCause desire for social reform ⓘ
economic hardship of peasants ⓘ
feudal oppression ⓘ
religious grievances ⓘ
restrictions on common rights such as hunting and fishing ⓘ
rising taxes and dues ⓘ
hasEffect conservative turn in the Reformation ⓘ
discrediting of radical reformers ⓘ
intensified social repression of peasants ⓘ
massive peasant casualties ⓘ
strengthening of territorial princes ⓘ
inspiredBy Martin Luther’s early writings ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
location Alsace ⓘ
Franconia ⓘ
German-speaking Central Europe ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Duchy of Swabia ⓘ
surface form: Swabia

Thuringia ⓘ
Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
surface form: Upper Rhine region
mainParticipants German peasants ⓘ
rural lower classes ⓘ
urban commoners ⓘ
notableDocument Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants ⓘ
notableLeader Hans Müller von Bulgenbach ⓘ
Jäcklein Rohrbach ⓘ
Thomas Müntzer ⓘ
Wendel Hipler ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic princes ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
surface form: Martin Luther (ideologically after 1525)

Swabian League ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
Kurfürsten ⓘ
surface form: princes of the Holy Roman Empire

some Lutheran princes ⓘ
relatedTo Reformation ⓘ
surface form: German Reformation

Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation

Radical Reformation ⓘ
result brutal suppression of the revolt ⓘ
decisive victory of princely and noble forces ⓘ
startTime 1524 ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reformation → hasKeyEvent → Peasants’ War ⓘ
European wars of religion → hasPart → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Peasants’ War → alsoKnownAs → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Peasants’ War → alsoKnownAs → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Peasants’ War
Thomas Müntzer → participantIn → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Friedrich → notableWork → Peasants’ War ⓘ
subject surface form: Friedrich Engels
this entity surface form: The Peasant War in Germany
Swabian League → conflict → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants → historicalContext → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants → associatedEvent → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Bundschuh revolts → influenced → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Bundschuh revolts → relatedTo → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Hans Müller von Bulgenbach → activeIn → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Hans Müller von Bulgenbach → participantIn → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Hans Müller von Bulgenbach → movement → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Hans Müller von Bulgenbach → conflict → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Lutheran Reformation → hasKeyEvent → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peasants' War
Jäcklein Rohrbach → movement → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Jäcklein Rohrbach → conflict → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Käthe Kollwitz → notableWork → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Peasant War
Knights' Revolt → chronologicalPrecedence → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Sermon to the Princes → historicalContext → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Prague Manifesto → associatedWith → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peasants' War
Battle of Frankenhausen → partOf → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Battle of Frankenhausen → conflict → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War
Wendel Hipler → participatedIn → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ War
Landsknechte → servedIn → Peasants’ War ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Peasants' War