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Tom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · Aug 9

Couldn't make the lecture so really enjoyed this by Lyndal Roper: about the Peasants' War, but also about popular history writing and why it needs to be more creative and less constrained by chronological narrative

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWPM...

Regius Valedictory Lecture: Telling Stories: History, Narrative, and the German Peasants’ War, 1525

YouTube video by Faculty of History | University of Oxford

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jul 3

We're hugely grateful to the many colleagues who contributed to the project, and for the financial support of several societies and institutions. Do have a look at our acknowledgments: germanpeasantswar.web.ox.ac.uk/acknowledgem...

Acknowledgements

We are grateful for the financial support of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung (Project Grant), University of Oxford (Fell Fund), Royal Holloway, University of London (School of Humanities Research Funding),…

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jul 3

Now live! We've created the most comprehensive map to-date of religious institutions in the German Peasants' War (1524-26), identifying many more affected institutions than existing source lists.

Find our map, case studies, and much more on our website:
germanpeasantswar.web.ox.ac.uk

#skystorians

Visualising the Destruction of Convents and Monasteries in the German Peasants' War

The the first-ever attempt to quantify and map the full destruction of religious houses during the German Peasants' War (1525-26).

germanpeasantswar.web.ox.ac.uk

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's launch day! We're at the @srsrensoc.bsky.social conference in Bristol to share our work on Visualising the Destruction of Convents and Monasteries in the German Peasants War. Ours is the first-ever attempt to quantify and map the full destruction of monastic houses during the war. #skystorians

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jul 2

Naturally we’ll also share our materials right here on BlueSky, so that colleagues who can’t make it to the conference will be able to access our work.

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our team is all set to launch our Visualising the Destruction of Convents and Monasteries in the German Peasants’ War project at the Society for Renaissance Studies conference tomorrow. We can’t wait to share with you what we’ve been working on for the last year-and-a-bit! Come see us in panel 2.4

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jun 23

By night, troops surround the town, and the next morning, after heavy artillery fire, the peasants surrender, securing victory for the Prince.

Memorial of the Battle of Pfeddersheim, via Wikimedia Commons

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Palatine army then sets up observation points and positions cannons closer to the town, while infantry and cavalry encircle it. A small group of peasants emerges from the town. After being repelled, 7,000 of them charge and are also defeated. Many are killed as they attempt to flee.

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jun 23

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Friday, 23 June 1525: Battle of Pfeddersheim

Elector Ludwig’s troops deploy near Pfeddersheim, opening fire on the town’s defenses, though the exchange with the rebels is indecisive.

#histsky #skystorians #Reformation #earlymodern

Pfeddersheim in 1655, from Matthäus Merian's Topographia Hassiae via Wikimedia Commons

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Charlotte Gauthier @faraiunvers.bsky.social · Jun 22

Very much looking forward to talking about our @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social project at the SRS conference next week. See you in Bristol, if you’ll be there!

Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Jun 22

Just over a week until all #EarlyModern ists descend upon Bristol!! Find out who’s joining us at #RenSoc25 and start those conversations ahead of our gathering in person:
go.bsky.app/DVyFCxt #SkyStorians

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · Jun 5

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Monday, 5 June 1525 (Pfingstmontag)

Peasants threaten the Töß convent outside Winterthur. The clever diplomacy of the city council and the Töß nuns manages to steer the angry crowd into getting drunk instead. The peasants return home the next morning.

#histsky

The peasants storm Töß, from a copy of Heinrich Bullinger's Reformation Chronicle

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 30

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Tuesday, 30 May 1525

Martin Luther defends himself against the accusation many in Magdeburg are making that Luther is a flatterer of the princes. Luther has published a pamphlet entitled 'Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants'.

#histsky #skystorians

Title page of Luther's pamphlet, Wider die Mordischen vnd Räubischen Rotten der Bawren, Nürnberg 1525

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 30

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Tuesday, 30 May 1525

The prelates of the collegiate churches of Our Lady and St. Severus in Erfurt write to Cardinal Albrecht asking for support in ensuring that the clergy of the city may petition the council for the restoration of their church and property.

The Marienaltar (1510) from St Severus, Erfurt. Photo by Erwin Meier via Wikimedia Commons

German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 27

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Saturday, 27 May 1525

Thomas Müntzer is beheaded outside the gates of the city of Mühlhausen, his body impaled, and his head placed on a spike.

#histsky #skystorians #Reformation

19th century depiction of Thomas Müntzer being led to his execution.

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 27

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Sat, 27 May 1525

Peasants attack Adersleben Convent near Wegeleben, where they allegedly beat & torture the nuns until they hand over the keys and church property. Peasants take the monstrance, chalices, church furnishings, and supplies, and drive away livestock.

Part of the former nunnery at Adersleben, now abandoned. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 25

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Thursday, 25 May 1525 (Christi Himmelfahrt/Ascension Day)

Miners and peasants in the Gastein Valley rise up and march to Salzburg, where they plunder the archbishop’s residence and force him to retreat to his castle Hohensalzburg.

#skystorians #histsky

Woodcut of Salzburg c. 1460 showing the Prince-Archbishop's residence by Johann Wolgemut, via Wikimedia Commons

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 25

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Thursday, 25 May 1525 (Christi Himmelfahrt/Ascension Day)

Reports say that 300 peasants gather at the Augustinian monastery of St. Zeno in Reichenhall.

#histsky #skystorians #Reformation

A 16th century drawing of St Zeno's monastery Reichenhall by Philipp Apian, from the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München, via Wikimedia Commons

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André Krischer @andrekrischer.bsky.social · May 23

For details please cf. verlag-regionalkultur.de/presse/3D/3D...

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 23

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Tues, 23 May 1525

The Count Palatine breaks into Bruchrain with 1,800 cavalry and 4,500 foot soldiers. He attacks Malsch, the main base of the uprising, and burns it down. All the villages are plundered and their herds taken.

#histsky #skystorians

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 23

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Tuesday, 23 May 1525

Hans Müller and his 12,000 peasants take possession of Freiburg, forcing the city to capitulate and enter into a so-called “Christian Union to establish common public peace and eradicate the unfair grievances of the common poor man".

#histsky

A view of Freiburg from the 1555 French edition of the Cosmographia, woodcut by Sebastian Münster (1488-1552).

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 22

See previous days for his various activities.

German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 21

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Sunday, 21 May 1525

The Duke of Lorraine’s army crushes the peasant uprising between Saverne and Sélestat.

Painting of Antoine 'the Good', duke of Lorraine, by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1543. Via Wikimedia Commons

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 21

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Sunday, 21 May 1525 - Execution of Jäcklein Rohrbach

Jäcklein Rohrbach is bound to a stake with iron chains, with a large fire built around him, on the orders of Georg Truchsess von Waldburg.

#skystorians #histsky #Reformation

The execution of Jäcklein Rohrbach from Peter Harrer's 1551 Beschreibung des Bauernkriegs. Image via Wikimedia Commons

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German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 20

Officials (Amtleute) send a request to the Erfurt council asking them to speak with the Dominican friars. They say rumours are spreading that the council plans to let the peasants in to storm the monasteries. They urge the council to prevent this and to protect the religious from violence.

#histsky

The former Dominican monastery (now the Predigerkirche) in Erfurt. Photo taken in 2006 by Oliver Kurmis, via Wikimedia Commons

German Peasants’ War - As It Happened @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social · May 20

#OTD in the German Peasants' War

Saturday, 20 May 1525

The abbess and convent of Marienhausen (Aulhausen) are forced to issue a declaration stating that from now on, no new members will be accepted, and the convent is to die out, with its property in the Rheingau passing to the general community.

Marienhausen in 2014. Photo by Marion Halft via Wikimedia Commons

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