And should the peasants prevail (which God forbid!),... yet surely they who are found, sword in hand, shall perish in the wreck with clear consciences, leaving to the devil the kingdom of this world and receiving instead the eternal kingdom. For we are come upon such strange times that a prince may more easily win heaven by the shedding of blood than others by prayers.
— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

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Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants

Date / Period

1525

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Controversial

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https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/luther-peasants.asp

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