Rebellion

Carinthian peasant revolt

1478 · 46.62° N, 14.30° E

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When
1478
Kind
Rebellion
Coordinates
46.62° N, 14.30° E
Description
peasant revolt

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Carinthian Peasant Revolt

The Carinthian Peasant Revolt took place in the Duchy of Carinthia in 1478. It was the first of several larger peasant revolts in the area of Inner Austria. After several Ottoman raids from 1473 onwards, the rural population established a peasants' association that was an effort to take the defence of the farmers' homes into their own hands and was also aimed against the ruling nobility that had failed to protect the…

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