In the Germanic states in 1524-1526 the lords who oppressed and forced poverty among peasants cause a revolution that they thought never would happen. The peasants lutheran ideals and the terrible life lords forced on them cause them to revolt and a horrible series of wars and a body count up to the one-hundred thousands.
One of the main reasons the peasants decided to revolt against their lord was that they were oppressed and economically forced to be in poverty. They wished for stable payments for the labor, after a while they were fed up with the inequality which made them revolt, this is a part of the reasons. In document 4 the article the peasants made called the, Twelve Articles, proved that the peasants longed for wealth, in document 4 it talks about how it was all lies and it was the work of the devil. In document 7, it talks about how the peasants targeted the
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“This rebellion has been undertaken to repress the princes and the nobility and has its ultimate source in Lutheran teaching, for the peasants relate the majority of their demands to the Word of God, the Gospel, and brotherly love.” (Doc. 1) This article sourced from the Chancellor of Bavaria shows how the peasant's view of lutheranism has sparked the revolt. Even in document 3 the Peasant Parliament of Swabia says that christ is the emperor, meaning that he controls everything and the actions they are committing is in is name again reveals a source for their outrage against the wealthy. “It is clear that the assertions they made in their Twelve Articles were nothing but lies presented under the name of the Gospel.” (Martin Luther, Doc. 4) In document 5 even, it says how the peasants lutheran beliefs say everyone are brothers and sister and that the rich should share with the poor, and the extremist thought of this belief could spark a tremendous revolt such as this