
Der Bauernkrieg von 1525 – Revolution des Gemeinen Mannes oder wilde Handlung?
Public diskussion with Gerd Schwerhoff
Thursday, 16 January 2025 | 19.00 | Stadtbücherei Münster
The public discussion ‘The Peasants’ War of 1525 - Revolution of the Common Man or wild Act?’ was organised by the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Legal Unity and Pluralism” (EViR) on 16 January 2025 in the Stadtbücherei Münster.
In 1525, the peasants in the Holy Roman Empire rose up and protested against compulsory labour and high taxes. Research has interpreted the Peasants' War as an expression of a German striving for unity or as a “revolution of the common man”. In his new account, Gerd Schwerhoff contradicts such interpretations and describes how contemporaries themselves perceived the events.
In conversation with Ulrike Ludwig, he reports on the diverse roots and the turbulent course of the Peasants' War. They talk about the demands and goals of this mass movement, its opponents and supporters, the role of the law and ritualised violence.
Prof Dr Gerd Schwerhoff is Senior Professor for Early Modern History at the Univeresity of Dresden.
Prof Dr Ulrike Ludwig is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Münster and Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg „Legal Unity and Pluralism“.
Recording of the event:

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