Knights' War
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The Knights' War, also known as the Imperial Knights' Revolt, was a failed attempt by the Brotherly Convention led by the Evangelical knight Franz von Sickingen to forcibly remove Richard, Prince-Bish
Hutten-Sickingen Monument, Ebernburg Castle
Franz von Sickingen
Ruins of Nanstein Castle
German Peasants' War
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The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. It was Europe's largest and m
Knights' War
…forcibly remove Richard, Prince-Bishop of Trier and secularize his lands. The private feud resulted in the death of Sickingen and likely inspired the German Peasants' War of 1524–1526. In the late Middle Ages, the imperial knights were in a period of constant decline. The encroachment of urban-dominated trade and industry…
Twelve Articles of the Peasants pamphlet of 1525
Flyer from the time of the Peasants' War
Bauernjörg, Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg, the Scourge of the Peasants
Wandering bands of insurgents during the German Peasants' War