Military & Warfare

Müntzer's Insurgent Peasants Defeated in Battle

Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were decisively defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, a pivotal encounter in the German Peasants' War. This battle marked the culmination of escalating tensions between rural peasants who sought social and economic reforms and the ruling authorities in the Holy Roman Empire. Müntzer's forces, inspired by religious enthusiasm and social justice, faced a well-organized army led by General Johann von Schwarzenberg, ultimately leading to a crushing defeat that ended their hopes for reform and initiated a period of reprisals against the rebels.

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