Armies of the German Peasants' War 1524-26

by Douglas Miller

In the 1520s, a brief but savage war broke out in Germany when various insurgent groups rose to overthrow the power structure. The movement took as its emblem a peasant's shoe and the collective title of 'Bundschuh', and this became known as the Peasants' War (1524-1526) - although the rebel armies actually included as many townsmen, miners, disaffected knights and mercenary soldiers as rural peasants. The risings involved large armies of up to 18,000...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841765074
• ISBN13: 9781841765075
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 10.0"