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Knights' Revolt

Years: 1522 - 1523

The Knights' Revolt of 1522 is a revolt by a number of Protestant and religious humanist German knights, led by Franz von Sickingen, against the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Emperor.

It has also been called the "Poor Barons' Rebellion."

The revolt is short-lived but will inspire the bloody German Peasants' War of 1524–1526.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)