Hungarian Peasants Revolt
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Feudalism, Serfs, Peasants
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Hungary
- Date: 1514
Article abstract: Hungarian peasants revolt, triggering centuries of political repression and internal weaknesses that make the country vulnerable to foreign exploitation.
Summary of Event
The Peasant’s Revolt of 1514 is considered the most violent rural uprising in Hungarian history. Desperate peasants, laboring under avaricious landlords intent on profiting from the rising food prices in European markets, found what little freedom they had harshly restricted. They could keep very little of the foodstuffs they produced; in addition, they were highly...
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