This book examines the conflicting images of peasants from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War--how they were represented as subhuman yet as close to God; as contemptible yet as exemplary Christians--and how such views formed the basis for social movements.
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This book examines the conflicting images of peasants from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War--how they were represented as subhuman yet as close to God; as contemptible yet as exemplary Christians--and how such views formed the basis for social movements.
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