For the ass will have blows, and the populace will be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he put a sword into the hand of the rulers, not a fox's tail.
— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

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Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants

Date / Period

1525

Category

Shocking

Source

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

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