Luther's Criticism Of The Peasant Revolt Of 1524

Luther’s criticism constituted an open revolt against the institution that for centuries had governed the lives of Western Christians. With the aid of the printing press, his “protestant” sermons circulated throughout Europe. Luther’s defense of Christian conscience as opposed to episcopal authority worked to justify protest against all forms of dominion. In 1524, under the banner of Christian liberty, German commoners instigated a series of violent uprisings against the oppressive landholding aristocracy.
The result was full-scale war, the so-called “Peasant Revolts” that resulted in the bloody defeat of thousands of peasants. Although Luther condemned the violence and brutality of the Peasant Revolts, social unrest and ideological
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