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Carinthian Peasant Revolt

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Carinthia saw five Turkish incursions into its territory between 1473 and 1483, with much plundering and killing at the hands of Turkish cavalry. According to the contemporary chronicler Jakob Unrest, the local nobility had no answer to the large numbers of Turkish cavalry, they moved into their
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raids from 1473 onwards, the rural population established a peasants' association that was an effort to take the defence of the farmers' homes into their own hands and was also aimed against the ruling nobility that had failed to protect the farmers from attacks by marauding Turkish
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Immediately after the withdrawal of the Ottoman forces, the rest of the revolting peasants were accused of treachery and eventually put on trial for their revolt. The leader of the uprising Peter Wunderlich was captured near GmĂĽnd, sentenced to death and publicly
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fortified castles, while the clergy fortified its churches and monasteries and held out there. This left the peasants of Carinthia without any protection. Modelled on the
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route, however, a 20,000-strong Turkish contingent of professional akinji cavalry were able to remove the barriers and to abseil their horses over rocky terrain.
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imposed new taxes and contributions on the local population to fund the operations. Nevertheless, in late September 1473, Ottoman forces first crossed the
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under the leadership of one Peter Wunderlich, raising some concern among the local nobility and clergy. Meanwhile, the
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In view of the threat, the Carinthian estates had strong fortifications erected and mountain pass routes secured. The
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in 1453, Turkish troops advanced northwestwards and in 1469 reached the borders of the
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valley in the south, where the Turks unsuccessfully besieged the fortress of
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chose to make a stand against the Turks and to try to stop them at the
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When on June 25 the Ottoman forces came down the mountains and neared
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valleys. Again in 1476, they moved into Carinthia from the upper
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in the 14th century. In 1389 they defeated a Serbian army at the
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On 2 February 1478, the Carinthian Peasants' League (German:
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Suppression of revolt and execution of participants
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