What's your comment on the German peasant war? What's the impact?

What's your comment on the German peasant war? What's the impact?

riser

The consequences for the rebels are tragic. It is estimated that about100000 farmers were killed in the crackdown. Surviving farmers are naturally deprived of public rights and any rights, and anyone has the right to kill them. Many leaders were executed, and many participants and supporters were punished, some of which were very cruel.

After the uprising was put down, many people were beheaded, dazzled and amputated by the lords. There are also many people who are forced to pay fines, and because they have to pay a lot of taxes, they simply can't afford to pay these fines. Many towns have lost their rights because of supporting farmers, some cities have lost their court rights, festivals have been banned, city walls have been demolished, all weapons have to be handed in, hotels are not allowed to open at night and so on.

In some minority areas, the peasant war brought benefits to farmers. In the past, some local lords signed contracts with farmers to remove evil (for example, 1526, the Imperial Parliament of speyer signed such contracts on the issue of Campton Abbey. In many places, the situation of farmers is not as uncertain as it used to be. They don't have to pay taxes to landlords, but pay taxes directly to lords.

Military leaders

For the military leaders who suppressed the peasant uprising, this action gained a lot. For example, the army leader of the Schwaben League acquired a lot of land in Upper Schwaben. They also took the opportunity to rob and blackmail farmers to pay the military expenses of their mercenaries.

empire

Some peasant armies (for example, in Tyrol) persisted for several years. Some farmers who have been deprived of public rights are still robbers in the deep mountains and forests until decades later. But in the next 300 years, there was no large-scale peasant uprising. It was not until the March Revolution of 1848 that the requirements put forward by farmers in Article 12 of 1525 were fully realized.

/kloc-the loss of 0/00000 farmers is a huge blow to the economy of the whole empire. This made the whole political system of Germany have no chance to reform in the future, and it became the battlefield of other powers in the Thirty Years' War.