List of peasant revolts
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| - | '''Peasant''', '''Peasants' ''' or '''Popular''' is variously paired with '''Revolt''', '''Uprising''' and '''War''' and may refer to (sorted chronologically): | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
| - | *[[Daze Village Uprising]] 209 BC | + | "[[Let them eat cake]]" |
| - | *[[Yellow Turban Rebellion]] 184 | + | |} |
| - | *[[Bagaudae]] in 3rd- to 5th-century [[Gaul]] and [[Hispania]] | + | This is a chronological list of conflicts in which [[peasant]]s were the driving power. |
| - | *[[Stellinga]] | + | |
| - | *[[Popular revolt in late medieval Europe]]: | + | |
| - | **[[Ivaylo]] rebellion in Bulgaria 1277-1280 | + | |
| - | **[[Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323-1328]] | + | |
| - | **[[St. George's Night Uprising|St. George's Night Uprising in Estonia]] 1343-1345 | + | |
| - | **[[Jacquerie]] in France (1358) | + | |
| - | **[[Revolt of the Ciompi]] in Italy (1378) | + | |
| - | **[[English peasants' revolt of 1381]] | + | |
| - | **[[Harelle]] in France (1382) | + | |
| - | *[[Ikkō-ikki]] in Japan (1488–1588) | + | |
| - | *[[Poor Conrad|Poor Conrad rebellion]] in [[Württemberg]] (1514) | + | |
| - | *[[György Dózsa|Dózsa rebellion]] in [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] (1514) | + | |
| - | *[[Slovenian peasant revolt of 1515]] | + | |
| - | *[[German peasants war of 1524-1525]] | + | |
| - | *[[Opryshky]] Movement (1529-19th century) | + | |
| - | *[[Kett's Rebellion]] in England (1549) | + | |
| - | *[[Croatian-Slovene Peasants' Revolt]] (1573) | + | |
| - | *[[Ivan Bolotnikov]] (1606–1607) | + | |
| - | *[[Kostka-Napierski Uprising]] (1651) | + | |
| - | *[[Swiss peasant war of 1653]] | + | |
| - | *[[Stenka Razin]] (1670) | + | |
| - | *[[Bulavin Rebellion]] (1707–1708) | + | |
| - | *[[Pugachev's Rebellion]] (1773–1775) | + | |
| - | *[[Peasants' War (1798)]] | + | |
| - | *[[Galician slaughter]] (1846) | + | |
| - | *[[Taiping Rebellion]] (1851) | + | |
| - | *[[Mahtra War|Mahtra War in Estonia]] (1858) | + | |
| - | *[[Chichibu Incident]] in Japan (1884) | + | |
| - | *[[1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt]] (1907) | + | |
| - | *[[Tebhaga movement]] (1946) | + | |
| - | *[[Telangana Rebellion]] (1946) | + | |
| - | Note: many of these conflicts have multiple names, see articles for details. | + | ==Background== |
| + | The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: | ||
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| + | * [[Tax resistance]] | ||
| + | * [[Social inequality]] | ||
| + | * [[Religious war]] | ||
| + | * [[Wars of national liberation|National liberation]] | ||
| + | * Resistance against [[serfdom]] | ||
| + | * [[Redistribution of land]] | ||
| + | * External factors such as [[Black Death|plague]] and [[Great Famine of 1315-1317|famine]] | ||
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| + | Later peasant revolts such as the [[Telangana Rebellion]] were also influenced by [[Agrarian socialism|agrarian socialist]] ideologies such as [[Maoism]]. | ||
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| + | The majority of peasant rebellions ended prematurely and were unsuccessful. Peasants suffered from limited funding and lacked the training and organisational capabilities of professional armies. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Roman Servile Wars]] | + | * [[Servile Wars]] |
| - | *[[Peasant movement]] | + | * [[Peasant movement]] |
| + | * [[Popular revolts in late-medieval Europe]] | ||
| + | * [[Maoism]] | ||
| + | * [[United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants]] | ||
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This is a chronological list of conflicts in which peasants were the driving power.
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Background
The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including:
- Tax resistance
- Social inequality
- Religious war
- National liberation
- Resistance against serfdom
- Redistribution of land
- External factors such as plague and famine
Later peasant revolts such as the Telangana Rebellion were also influenced by agrarian socialist ideologies such as Maoism.
The majority of peasant rebellions ended prematurely and were unsuccessful. Peasants suffered from limited funding and lacked the training and organisational capabilities of professional armies.
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See also
- Servile Wars
- Peasant movement
- Popular revolts in late-medieval Europe
- Maoism
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
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