The German Reformation and the peasants' war : a brief history with documents
(Book)

Introduction : Germany's dual rebellions. Popular discontent and the need for reform

The Reformation break

The Gospel and social unrest

The Reformation in city and countryside

The onset and spread of the Peasants' War, 1524-1526

The aims of the insurrection

The peasants' military and political organization

Luther, the peasants' defeat, and the aftermath of the rebellion

The documents. Unrest before the Reformation

The Reformation : freedom, authority, and resistance

Religion and politics in the Peasants' War

The debate on the Reformation and the Peasants' War.

Pt. 1. Introduction: Germany's dual rebellions. Popular discontent and the need for reform ; The Reformation break ; The Gospel and social unrest ; The Reformation in city and countryside ; The onset and spread of the Peasants' War, 1524-1526 ; The aims of the insurrection ; The peasants' military and political organization ; Luther, the peasants' defeat, and the aftermath of the rebellion

pt. 2. The documents. Unrest before the Reformation: The Articles of the Bundschuh in the bishopric of Speyer, 1502 ; Title page of Pamphilus Gegenbach's The Bundschuh, 1514 ; The "Poor Conrad" movement in Wurttemberg, 1514

The Reformation: freedom, authority, and resistance: Ninety-five theses, October 31, 1517 / Martin Luther ; Arise O Lord (Exsurge domini), June 1520 / Pope Leo X ; To the Christian nobility of the German nation, 1520 / Martin Luther ; Greasing the Bundschuh, 1522 ; A sincere admonition to guard against rebellion, 1522 / Martin Luther ; Peasants torturing an indulgence preacher, 1525 ; The sixty-seven articles, 1523 / Huldrych Zwingli ; The rights of a Christian congregation, 1523 / Martin Luther ; Sermon to the princes, 1524 / Thomas Muntzer

Religion and politics in the Peasants' War: Articles of the peasants of Stuhlingen, early 1525 ; The twelve articles of the Upper Swabian peasants, March 1525 / Sebastian Lotzer and Christoph Schappeler ; The constitutional draft, 1525 / Thomas Muntzer [?] and Balthasar Hubmaier ; Title page of The Memmingen Federal Ordinance, March 7, 1525 ; The Memmingen Federal Ordinance, March 7, 1525 ; The document of articles, May 8, 1525 ; The field ordinances of the Franconian peasantry, April 24-27, 1525 ; Letter to the League at Allstedt, April 26 or 27, 1525 / Thomas Muntzer ; Territorial constitution for the Tirol, February or March 1526 / Michael Gaismair

The debate on the Reformation and the Peasants' War: Admonition to peace: a reply to the twelve articles, April 1525 / Martin Luther ; Title page of To the assembly of the common peasantry, May 1525 ; To the assembly of the common peasantry, May 1525 / Christoph Schappeler [?] ; Title page of Against the murdering and robbing hordes of peasants, May 1525 ; Against the murdering and robbing hordes of peasants, May 1525 / Martin Luther ; Letter to Stephan Roth at Wittenberg, June 4, 1525 / Hermann Muhlpfort, mayor of Zwickau ; An open letter on the harsh book against the peasants, June or July 1525 / Martin Luther ; Design for a monument to the victory over the peasants, 1525 / Albrecht Durer

Appendixes. A chronology of the early Reformation and the Peasants' War (1502-1526) ; Questions for consideration ; Selected bibliography.