Twelve Articles
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The Twelve Articles were a 1525 manifesto of the Swabian peasants during the German Peasants' War, outlining their social, economic, and religious grievances and demands.
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| Twelve Articles canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Twelve Articles Context triple: [Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants, hasAlternativeName, Twelve Articles]
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Forty-Two Articles
The Forty-Two Articles were a foundational mid-16th-century doctrinal statement of the Church of England, drafted under the leadership of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to define its emerging Protestant theology.
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Sixty-seven Articles
The Sixty-seven Articles is a foundational 1523 theological manifesto by Huldrych Zwingli that outlines the key doctrines of the Swiss Reformation and challenges various teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Thirty-Nine Articles
The Thirty-Nine Articles are a foundational set of doctrinal statements that define the core beliefs and theological positions of the Anglican tradition.
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D.
Soulbury Constitution
The Soulbury Constitution was the post–World War II constitutional framework that established Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a self-governing Dominion within the British Commonwealth, shaping its parliamentary democracy until the 1972 republican constitution.
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E.
Henrician Articles
The Henrician Articles were a set of constitutional provisions in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that limited royal power and guaranteed the political privileges of the nobility.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Twelve Articles Target entity description: The Twelve Articles were a 1525 manifesto of the Swabian peasants during the German Peasants' War, outlining their social, economic, and religious grievances and demands.
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A.
Forty-Two Articles
The Forty-Two Articles were a foundational mid-16th-century doctrinal statement of the Church of England, drafted under the leadership of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to define its emerging Protestant theology.
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B.
Sixty-seven Articles
The Sixty-seven Articles is a foundational 1523 theological manifesto by Huldrych Zwingli that outlines the key doctrines of the Swiss Reformation and challenges various teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
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C.
Thirty-Nine Articles
The Thirty-Nine Articles are a foundational set of doctrinal statements that define the core beliefs and theological positions of the Anglican tradition.
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D.
Soulbury Constitution
The Soulbury Constitution was the post–World War II constitutional framework that established Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a self-governing Dominion within the British Commonwealth, shaping its parliamentary democracy until the 1972 republican constitution.
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E.
Henrician Articles
The Henrician Articles were a set of constitutional provisions in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that limited royal power and guaranteed the political privileges of the nobility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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peasants' program ⓘ political manifesto ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup |
Christian Union of Upper Swabia
NERFINISHED
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Swabian League of Peasants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Swabian peasants ⓘ |
| containsNumberOfArticles | 12 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Martin Luther in "Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants" ⓘ |
| date | March 1525 ⓘ |
| demands |
abolition of personal serfdom
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fair tithes ⓘ just and biblical law ⓘ limitation of lordly authority ⓘ reduction of feudal dues ⓘ restoration of common lands and rights of use ⓘ right to choose and depose pastors ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | pamphlet printing ⓘ |
| documentType | collective petition ⓘ |
| draftedIn | Memmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Twelve Articles of the Peasants
NERFINISHED
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Zwölf Artikel ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | German Peasants' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
Reformation theology
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appeal to Scripture ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern rights discourse
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later peasant petitions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Martin Luther's early writings
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Reformation preaching ⓘ |
| language | Early New High German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtTime | revolutionary demand list ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
common lands
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economic grievances ⓘ feudal obligations ⓘ peasants' rights ⓘ religious grievances ⓘ serfdom ⓘ social grievances ⓘ tithes ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
many territorial princes
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nobility of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Memmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| printedIn | large numbers in 1525 ⓘ |
| region | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
key programmatic text of the German Peasants' War
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one of the first formulations of human and civil rights in Europe ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical research on early modern social movements ⓘ |
| year | 1525 ⓘ |
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