The foundational revisionist study arguing the German Peasants' War grew out of a communal self-governing tradition into which Reformation ideas were absorbed, rather than being either a purely religious revolt or a purely economic class uprising.
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English translation of Blickle's 1975 German study, the work that introduced the "communal Reformation" thesis into the historiography of the Peasants' War and reshaped the field away from the older Marxist and purely-confessional readings. NotesEnglish translation of Blickle's 1975 German study, the work that introduced the "communal Reformation" thesis into the historiography of the Peasants' War and reshaped the field away from the older Marxist and purely-confessional readings.
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AuthorPeter Blickle
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year1981
Source Typeacademic monograph
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