ABSTRACT
Despite Fritz’s capabilities as a leader, the Bundschuh rebellion was suppressed before it could be launched. Some 100 captured conspirators confessed their intentions after being tortured. Among the thirteen articles of their confessions, two related to tithes and other taxes:
10. They confessed that their main targets were monasteries, cathedral churches, and the clergy in general. These they intended to strip of their properties and deprive of their authority. They also resolved never again to pay a tithe, either to the clergy or to secular lords and nobility.
