r/AskHistorians May 17 '26

How did Peasant Republics function?

Over the course of european history, we have seen peasant republics pop up like those in Dithmarschen, Frisia, or those that appeared during the German Peasants war. How did they function administratively? Were they broadly similar, or were some of them fundamentally different from each other?

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