Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen, by Richard Wunderli

Jordan LaRue
02/02/05
HIST-3443
Dr. Dykema
Peasant Fires
In the book Peasant Fires, the author gives an account of the story of Hans Behem, a peasant shepherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Holy Mother Mary. Han's then gave passionate sermons and speeches about equality for all peasants, for which, peasants came from all over Europe to witness. Wunderli also uses other sources that relate to Hans to further explain this time period. Wunderli uses various models and examples to explain the social order and religious aspects of Germany in the mid 15th century.
The story revolves…