German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened a major exhibition on the Peasants' Revolt in the Bavarian town of Memmingen ...

Five hundred years ago, in the winter of 1524-1525, bands of peasants roamed the German countryside seeking recruits. It was the start of the German Peasants’ War, the largest uprising in Europe ...

The peasants were angry about a range of issues, such as low pay and the introduction of a poll tax. They demanded changes were made. The revolt did not achieve all of the peasants’ aims and the ...

Watch Ploughing Tilling Fighting: A History of Peasants Against the Rest of the World (4/4) 56 min Watch the programme Many Europeans are probably descended from medieval peasants, but we know ...

Myanmar farmers work in a filed of vigna mungo as they harvest vigna mungo during national holiday of Peasants' Day, to show the country's appreciation to its laborers, in Naypytaw, ...

(The Conversation) — The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and economic injustice. (The Conversation ...