Western Civilization I / Unit 15 WC1 1407 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Peasants' War, 1524 to 1525, and Luther's Conservatism
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The idea
Luther meant a return to the Bible; peasants read it as license to reject hierarchy and rose in fifteen twenty-four over dues, serfdom and justice. Luther's tract against the murderous hordes backed the princes, and the anchor's one hundred thousand died.
In practice
A deeply conservative man, the anchor says; elite support kept.
Where people slip
The movement was beyond his control from here.
Your place on the trail
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