ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1979, presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of 1525 – the last great peasant revolt and the first modern revolution. Previously under-studied by English-speaking historians, these essays provide a valuable analysis of the aims and extent of the Peasant War, and are representative of the various elements in the historiographical debate.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 4|13 pages

The Gospel of Social Unrest *

chapter 6|21 pages

The Peasant War in Franconia *

chapter 10|14 pages

The Rights and Duties of Resistance in the Pamphlet

To the Assembly of Common Peasantry (1525) *

chapter 11|7 pages

Biblicism versus Feudalism *