Peasants' War
a struggle called the "Bundschuhe," which broke out in 1502, and another, the War of Poor Conrad, in Württemberg, in 1514. The peasants of the small towns rebelled in Swabia, and those of the Thurgau rose in arms in June, 1524. After a temporary deposits in various parts of northern Europe, and notably in parts of Ireland, where it is commonly known as turf.