What was the most successful peasant revolt in European history?
I guess this depends on how broadly you define “peasant” because I would say the French Revolution; however, technically this was a more general revolt by a range of people and classes — some of whom were fed up with the feudal system. One of the key factors that led to the revolution was the crop failures in the years leading up to the revolution and the deregulation of the grain market.Some historians view the French Revolution, and not the Fall of Constantinople (1453) or Richard III (1483), as the end of the Middle Ages.The French Revolution led to Napoleon and his Grande Armee which (somewhat ironically) spread ideas about the rights of everyday common men around Europe — liberte, fraternité, egalité. The idea that people who were not aristocrats mattered and had rights was radical and world changing.I’m not being very articulate about this, but the French Revolution succeeded in a way that no revolution in the five centuries leading up to it did.Here are two posters from 1793 that show variations of this motto:
What was Martin Luther's response to Peasant revolt in 1525 & Why did France support Protestant German princes?
France supported the Protestant princes of Germany in order to A) Spread Protestantism B) Prevented English influence from increasing in Germany C) Contain Protestantism east of the Rhine D) Facilitate the Turkish attack on Habsburg E) Prevent Charles V from increasing his power What was Martin Luther's first response to the the demands made by the peasants of their lords in the German peasant revolt of 1525? A) That the nobles should crush the peasants B) Support the peasants to rebel C) The peasants and nobles should unite in a crusade against the turks D) Confiscate the Catholic noble's estate E) He felt sympathetic toward the peasants I think the first one is either A or E and the second one might be B or E. I'm not entirely sure though.
What happened during the peasants revolt?
I'm going to go ahead and assume that your talking about the peasants revolt during the Protestant Reformation. Basically the poor masses got extremely fed up with the current governmental/church system. The rich were living lavish lives while the majority of people were toiling to make them even richer, all the while paying taxes to the Catholic church. Enough was enough and many peasants revolted and stormed the homes of the rich, executing many of the wealthy leaders. They redistributed the wealth and attempted to set up a communistic utopia where there was not any rich or poor. Not long after, the revolt was squashed and the leading peasants were executed, in sometimes brutal fashion.
What were the reasons for the French of 1358 and the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
The English Peasants' Revolt - The revolt was precipitated by heavy-handed attempts to enforce the third poll tax. There were far fewer labourers to do all the work on the manors of England, so the ones that were not wiped out by the Black Death were left to work alone on the land. These people began to ask for higher wages and fewer hours of work. Some of them asked for their freedom. They often got what they asked for: the lords of the manors were desperate to get their land farmed and their animals looked after. Then, in 1351, King Edward III summoned parliament to make a new law. The law was called the Statute of Labourers and it tried to make sure that the landowners had as many labourers as they wanted - and that they paid them no more than before the Black Death. This angered the peasants greatly. French Peasants' Revolt - The uprising was in part a reaction to widespread poverty during the Hundred Years War. Peasants revolted against the écorcheurs (mercenaries who fought in the war), who pillaged their land, and the nobles, who made extortionate demands but did not protect them.