Primary Source Reading: The Articles of the Peasants of Stühlingen

In 1524, the peasants of Stühlingen came up with 62 written articles of complaint to be submitted to the imperial courts of the Holy Roman Empire. This articles represented, though, grievances peasants across Germany had with the clergy and the nobility, which would explode into the German Peasants’ War. Support the show on Patreon to hear it here.

Source read: The German Peasants’ War: A History in Documents, eds. Tom Scott and Bob Scribner (Humanities Press International, Inc., 1991).

For the episode: The German Peasant Who Almost Started a Revolution