The Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants
by Swabian Peasants · Die zwölf Artikel
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1525
- Era
- Renaissance
- Language
- German
- Length
- Short · 10 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Approachable1 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendThe German Peasants' War, A History in Documents, translated by Tom Scott and Bob ScribnerHumanities Press, 1991The articles with the other manifestos and Luther's replies; the text is also widely reprinted in Reformation readers.
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The manifesto of the peasants of Upper Swabia, printed at Memmingen in March 1525 during the German Peasants' War. Drafted by the furrier Sebastian Lotzer with the preacher Christoph Schappeler, it demands the right of each community to choose its pastor, the abolition of serfdom and the small tithe, free access to game, fish and forest, an end to arbitrary rents and punishments, and the return of common lands. Every article is justified from Scripture, with an offer to withdraw any shown to be against God's Word. Luther answered it in his Admonition to Peace.
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