Clarification: Accessible popular history book. There are loads of academic texts about the Bauernkrieg.

Did you know it's possible to cringe and retch simultaneously? It's like a sprinkler going off. What the actual fuck?

I'm kinda sad that there's no really good English book on the German Peasant's War. It's a story that deserves to be more widely known. I'd have a go at writing it, but time is money.

Magdalena fled the city when the rebellion ended, was captured, and nearly executed, until powerful friends had a word. For the rest of her life she couldn't run a bathhouse, go shopping in public and could only meet others at church. Worth it though, I'm guessing.

When the Swabian League (whom the peasants were rebelling against) later besieged the city, Magdalena repeatedly mooned the forces (front and back, actually), exhorting the armies outside the gates to kiss her arse. (2/3)

Today I learned of one of Stuttgart's unsung heroines, the bathhouse attendant Magdalena Scherer. When the peasants laid siege to the city in 1525, she urged them on from the battlements, bringing her friends to encourage them. ...but that's not all. (1/3)

Next year is the 500th anniversary of the German Peasant:s War. Living where it occurred, and learning more about it every year, you are not ready for what happens when the shit hits the fan and bands of angry people march on power.

(Don't get me wrong, it goes spectacularly bad for the angry people.)

Next year is the 500th anniversary of the German Peasant:s War. Living where it occurred, and learning more about it every year, you are not ready for what happens when the shit hits the fan and bands of angry people march on power.

He's such a weird fuck.