This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is examines the politics, religious changes and social situations around the social protest movements of the period.

Peter Blickle, Hans-Christoph Rublack and Winfried Schulze

Introduction Wolfgang J. Mommsen 1. Social Protest and Reformation Theology Peter Blickle 2. Political and Social Norms in Urban Communities in the Holy Roman Empire Hans-Christoph Rublack 3. Peasant Resistance in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Germany in a European Context Winfried Schulze