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Essay / Reasons for the Peasants' Revolt - 744
The Peasants' Revolt occurred in 1525 because the wealth of the nation was not distributed equally among the people, in conjunction with the wealth not being not equally divided, the sharecropper wanted serfdom abolished. Farm workers used God's Word to show that they had the right to rebel. Public affairs also played a role in the revolution. The workers forced the hand of the nobles to collaborate in insubordination. The men of the upper classes had all the riches of the world at their fingertips while the lower classes did not have two pennies to rub together. “…The rich should share with the poor, especially the rich who acquired their goods through trade or otherwise earned them from the poor. » (#8) The favoritism is catchy, it says that the nobles had conquered the land from the peasants but that, stereotypically, the upper classes have owned the land in their families for generations. Trade between people was unfair to farm workers. Agricultural workers shaped the land and “they were supposed to be brothers with each other” (#8), they should have the right to property and not have to work it only for the lords. Rather, the upper class "purchased this right for a considerable sum of money...[if the peasants want to be freed from their duties to us nobles, then] the peasants will pay us a reasonable sum of money." (#4) Until the sharecroppers began attacking the nobles, they "watched, unaware that misfortune befell [the peasants]" (#11) Instead of the peasants adopting and changing their way of life , they challenged the nobles to a war. and lost. The total number of souls that were consumed by the sinful acts of the hordes of thieves and murderers of peasants was 100,000. The lo...... middle of paper ......nobles. Martin Luther wrote the book Against the thefts and murderous hordes of peasants. In this book he said that the upper classes could kill the lower classes. In order for the public to circumvent another “unprecedented and anti-Christian rebellion,” officials advising Charles V created the Imperial Diet Decree. (#12) The officials who created this document brought it to life so that they could restore power to its "previous and honorable state." (#12) The Peasants' Revolt built up due to the economic problems of the lower classes of the Holy Roman Empire. By aiding trade enigmas, sharecroppers worked to eliminate feudal society. To show the people that they had the right to make a revolution, the peasants used the word of God to convince them. The company also had an impact on the affairs of the revolution..