Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants

Martin Luther, Wider die mörderischen und räuberischen Rotten der Bauern, cover, pamphlet, woodcut, artist unknown; source: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) http://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/obj/30117619, Signatur/Inventar-Nr.: Hist. eccles. E 302,40, df_hauptkatalog_0181121, Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

Martin Luther, Wider die mörderischen und räuberischen Rotten der Bauern, Titelblatt, Flugschrift, Holzschnitt, unbekannter Künstler; Bildquelle: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB), Signatur/Inventar-Nr.: Hist. eccles. E 302,40, df_hauptkatalog_0181121, http://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/obj/30117619 , Creative Commons Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International Lizenz, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

In Wider die Mordischen und Reubischen Rotten der Bawren (Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants), Martin Luther took up a position on the German Peasants' War. The incident that prompted him to comment was the "Weinsberger Bluttat" (Weinsberg Massacre), during which Count Ludwig von Helfenstein and his entourage were murdered by rebelling peasants on Easter Sunday, 1525. In this pamphlet, Luther addresses the German princes, calling on them to punish the rebels mercilessly.

Martin Luther, Wider die mörderischen und räuberischen Rotten der Bauern, cover, pamphlet, woodcut, artist unknown; source: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB), Signatur/Inventar-Nr.: Hist. eccles. E 302,40, df_hauptkatalog_0181121, Creative Commons Some Rights ReservedAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

Central Europe
Social Matters, Society, Military
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1525
1525
1520 - 1529
Against Murderous Thieving Hordes Peasants
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