The German Peasant War of 1525

Janos Bak

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781032042107
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000424256
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book, first published in 1976, re-examines many aspects of the German Peasant War of 1525, important as the first national peasant revolt in Germany and because of the influence of Engels' work on the subject. With one contributor noting the similarities between the organisation, demands and action of the Swabian peasants and those of the Zapatas of Mexico four centuries later, these essays provide remarkable insights and analyses into the enduring importance of the German Peasant War.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Editors’ Introduction
• Sketch Map of the German Peasant War
• From Resistance to Revolt: The Late Medieval Peasant Wars in the Context of Social Crisis
• The Peasants of Swabia, 1525
• Images of the Peasant, 1514-1525
• Precursors of the Peasant War: Bundschuh and Armer Konrad—Movements at the Eve of the Reformation
• ‘Old Law’ and ‘Divine Law’ in the German Peasant War
• The Economic, Social and Political Background of the Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants of 1525
• German Agrarian Insitutions at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century: Upper Swabia as an Example
• ‘The Peasant War in Germany’ by Friedrich Engels—125 Years After