German Peasantry

German Peasantry is the ideology of the German Peasants' Army, who fought in the German Peasants' War against the Swabian League. It failed because of heavy opposition from the aristocracy, who slaughtered up to 100,000 of the 300,000 poorly armed peasants and farmers. The survivors were fined and achieved few, if any, of their goals.

Further Information

 * The Peasant War in Germany