History character than Luther himself. chief representative of these earth' Münzer OuICI existing munisin. powers, thrown.
They Not exjustice and tion, and the restitution of woods and pastures taken from communities and individuals All the forces of reaction united against the peasants - both Protes.and lal piulcas Catholic princes, defenders old order and proponents of the new capitalism. Martin Luther, despite his conflicts the Emperor and the princes, rallied to the old order. He published a venomous pamphlet 'against the robbing and murdering peasants' urging that they be butchered By contrast, Thomas Münzer stood with the peasants. He established .Conulunc Mulhausen, which stood me. Rely on yourself.' Most importantly, •Socialist Unity was not a at the centre of the When the arDlliccs aoi :Münzer and SOTS went stood to fight.
and lacking the of the princes' army, 8,000 peasants were buthimself was torarmies were and Over 100,000 Owed by i of the who them. The religious sect, whom comsufcution.
Münzer's views were cloaked in religious mysticism. His project uLODall But he stands with the leaders of the English peasants, revolt in 1381 as one of the important forerunof COmSI His - overriding passion was summed up in his slogan