Due to the oppressed, undernourished, and destitute, nature of the German peasants, the peasants sought to increase their lives by demanding for the abolition of tithe and serfdom, and the rights to hunt and pasture freely on common lands. But when lay and ecclesiastical authorities refused to grant such provisions, peasants turned to violence, viewing it as an liberation from their social injustices. Although the peasants found their actions to be justified, Nobles and religious figures deemed their actions to be intolerable due to the ungodly and vicious nature of the revolt. Ultimately, the Peasant Revolt of 1524- 1525 established a widened division amongst Catholicism and reformed Churches. While aristocratic figures were more unyielding of their Catholic faith due to the social hierarchy set up by the Roman Catholic papacy, the peasants favored Protestant doctrines, which advocated equality between
Due to the oppressed, undernourished, and destitute, nature of the German peasants, the peasants sought to increase their lives by demanding for the abolition of tithe and serfdom, and the rights to hunt and pasture freely on common lands. But when lay and ecclesiastical authorities refused to grant such provisions, peasants turned to violence, viewing it as an liberation from their social injustices. Although the peasants found their actions to be justified, Nobles and religious figures deemed their actions to be intolerable due to the ungodly and vicious nature of the revolt. Ultimately, the Peasant Revolt of 1524- 1525 established a widened division amongst Catholicism and reformed Churches. While aristocratic figures were more unyielding of their Catholic faith due to the social hierarchy set up by the Roman Catholic papacy, the peasants favored Protestant doctrines, which advocated equality between