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Histories, emotions and identity

12/8/2025 • 41 min

Three prize-winning authors in today's discussion programme hosted by Tom Sutcliffe: The German Peasants’ War of 1524–1525 was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. Tens of thousands of peasants rose up to demand a new, more egalitarian order—only to be crushed in a brutal counterattack that left up to 100,000 dead. The hi… Play episode

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