Twelve Articles
-main portion of the peasants demands of the Swabian League during the peasant's war in Germany in 1525
-the articles:
1. Every church can remove a preacher if he behaves improperly.
The Preacher must teach the gospel simply and just as it is written in the bible, without human ammendment
2. Preachers will be paid from the tithe. Any surplus will go towards the poor
3. mankind is not evil and has been saved only by the grace of God. No earthly thing we do can gain us a spot in heaven
4. God gave man the right to hunt and fish for his food if need be
5. Forests are the property of the church, and people can get timber or firewood from it if they need to
6. People have a right to hear the actual contract that binds them to hard labor of the land
7. Nobles cannot raise the tax on peasants above what was in the original contract
8. Those whose work cannot pay the tax will be given what is necessary
9. punishment cannot by issued at the will of the king, but only by the old, written law
10. all meadows and acres which used to be common land belong to the people
11. there will be no more inheritance tax
12. if any of the previous articles are found to not be in accordance with the will of God then they will be nullified
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