Twelve Articles

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The Twelve Articles were a 1525 manifesto of the Swabian peasants during the German Peasants' War, outlining their social, economic, and religious grievances and demands.

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instanceOf historical document ⓘ
peasants' program ⓘ
political manifesto ⓘ
associatedWithGroup Christian Union of Upper Swabia ⓘ
Swabian League of Peasants ⓘ
author Swabian peasants ⓘ
containsNumberOfArticles 12 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
criticizedBy Martin Luther in "Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants" ⓘ
date March 1525 ⓘ
demands abolition of personal serfdom ⓘ
fair tithes ⓘ
just and biblical law ⓘ
limitation of lordly authority ⓘ
reduction of feudal dues ⓘ
restoration of common lands and rights of use ⓘ
right to choose and depose pastors ⓘ
distributionMethod pamphlet printing ⓘ
documentType collective petition ⓘ
draftedIn Memmingen ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Twelve Articles of the Peasants ⓘ
Zwölf Artikel ⓘ
hasTitle Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants ⓘ
historicalContext Reformation ⓘ
historicalPeriod German Peasants' War ⓘ
linked to: Peasants’ War
ideologicalBasis Reformation theology ⓘ
appeal to Scripture ⓘ
influenced early modern rights discourse ⓘ
later peasant petitions ⓘ
influencedBy Martin Luther's early writings ⓘ
Reformation preaching ⓘ
language Early New High German ⓘ
legalStatusAtTime revolutionary demand list ⓘ
mainTheme common lands ⓘ
economic grievances ⓘ
feudal obligations ⓘ
peasants' rights ⓘ
religious grievances ⓘ
serfdom ⓘ
social grievances ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
opposedBy many territorial princes ⓘ
nobility of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Memmingen ⓘ
printedIn large numbers in 1525 ⓘ
region Swabia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Swabia
significance key programmatic text of the German Peasants' War ⓘ
one of the first formulations of human and civil rights in Europe ⓘ
subjectOf historical research on early modern social movements ⓘ
year 1525 ⓘ

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