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These people were organized into the Eternal League of God by a preacher of Saint Katharine’s Church. Peter Blickle’s 1975 book about an event concerning these people focused on a document drafted in Memmingen. The Black Company unit of these people was led by Florian Geyer. (-5[1])The Armer Konrads were largely composed of these people, many of whom raised the Bundschuh (“BOOND-shoo”) flag. These people demanded the abolition of the Todfall inheritance tax in their Twelve Articles. Philip of Hesse (10[1])defeated a militia of these people at Frankenhausen, after which one of its leaders (-5[1])was executed in Thuringia. Martin Luther infamously (-5[1])called these people “murderous, thieving (10[1])hordes.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, Thomas Müntzer (10[1])led what peoples in a namesake 1520s war against the Holy Roman Empire? ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: German peasants [or German peasantry; or Bauer; accept German Peasants’ War; accept farmers; or serfs; or agriculturalists; prompt on Protestants or Anabaptists by asking “what social class did they mostly belong to?” prompt on the lower class or the poor; prompt on rebels or militias or soldiers; prompt on subjects or citizens; prompt on Germans]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y989%0%44%111.63

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Lexi TermanRutgers AYale A45-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AColumbia B7810
Audrey ChoHaverfordPrinceton A92-5
William HelmanBard APrinceton B99-5
Andrew MinagarYale BPenn B10410
Alex MoonPenn ARowan A10510
Yixi YangYale CRutgers B105-5
Mina SmithNYU BVassar11010
Eshan PantNYU ACornell C1240
Nathan ZhangCornell CNYU A1240
Carter McLeanPrinceton AHaverford12410
Jupiter DingPrinceton BBard A12410
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BYale C12410
Ben SterlingYale ARutgers A12410