- PEASANT'S REVOLT
- a violent rebellion by peasants inspired in part by the REFORMATION but condemned by LUTHER and violently crushed by German Princes in 1525.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
PEASANT'S REVOLT
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revolt — Synonyms and related words: antagonism, antipathy, appall, arise, backlash, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, boycott, boycottage, break, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, challenge, civil disorder, clashing, clean slate, clean… … Moby Thesaurus
