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Suppression of the Peasants' War

Type Event Region Europe Time 1525

In summer 1525, allied imperial princes crushed peasant armies in Swabia, Franconia, Alsace, and elsewhere with brutal reprisals;…

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  1. 1525Swabia · Baden-WürttembergMilitary forces of the princes, including the Swabian League, massed for a counterattack, defeating the peasant armies at places like Böblingen and tearing up some of the agreements previously reached with the peasants.
  2. 1525German territories of the Holy Roman Empire · GermanyAfter the Battle of Frankenhausen the Thuringian front collapsed, and peasant armies in Alsace, Franconia, and elsewhere were successively defeated; the princes sentenced participants to death, flogging, and heavy fines.
  3. 1525German territories of the Holy Roman Empire · GermanyBy summer and autumn 1525 large-scale fighting had essentially ended and the feudal lords' order was consolidated; although peasants won minor concessions in some territories, serfdom and economic oppression largely continued.

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