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Müntzer

And where he translated the Holy Bible from Latin into German laying the foundation for a common German language.

Making it possible even for the common "pleb" to read & understand the Bible.

He hid in the Wartburg under the Pseudonym "Junker Jörg".

Müntzer 2y ago

Many ideas, but old translated texts also could spread because of the invention of cheap mass printed texts and books.

Germany, after Northern Italy, by that time had the most developed & productive citizenry living in free/independent cities. They can be seen as an early stage of bourgeous emancipated class.

The ideas of Luther & many others, & the emanzipation of this new productive class, led to the medieval "Peasant Uprising"/"Bauernkriege" in Germany against the Clergy and Nobitlity.

It must be mentioned that Luther sided with the "old powers" in these uprisings though.

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crrdlx 2y ago

True about Luther's side in that. He wrote a pretty scathing put down of the revolt. I think it's worth noting that his siding was based on religious ideas and not economic or social. Luther had the view that all governments are instituted by God and civil laws should be followed. Roman's 13:1 sums his view, as does the "render unto Caesar..." passage. The plebs were surprised he sided with the powers though. All of his writings were about challenging the old powers and putting power (scripture) into the hands of the people. Really, it was decentralized religious power from the church to "priesthood of all believers." Hence the surprise. But to Luther, it was all religious freedom...he separated the religious and economic and said the political should be followed due to Biblical teachings.