Friendly Admonition to Peace Concerning the Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants
by Martin Luther · Ermahnung zum Frieden auf die zwölf Artikel der Bauernschaft in Schwaben
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1525
- Era
- Renaissance
- Form
- Political theory
- Language
- German
- Length
- Short · 35 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Moderate2 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendLuther's Works, Volume 46: The Christian in Society IIIFortress PressThe American Edition volume that prints the Admonition with Luther's later, harsher tracts on the peasants.
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Luther's response in the spring of 1525 to the Twelve Articles, the manifesto of the rebelling Swabian peasants. He divides the blame. The princes and bishops are told that their greed and tyranny provoked the rising and that God will destroy them if they do not relent. The peasants are told that their grievances may be just but that they have no right to take up the sword in the name of the gospel, and that a Christian suffers wrong rather than avenging it. He urges both sides to arbitration. Within weeks the revolt spread and Luther wrote a far more violent tract against it.
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