Hungarian Peasant Revolt

A plan to assemble an army for a future crusade against the Ottoman Empire has backfired badly. The task to recruit and train the troops was given to György Dózsa, an experienced veteran from wars against the Turks, but also a soldier of fortune with questionable loyalties. Dózsa proceeded to train and equip a huge army drawing from some of the poorest and most disenfranchised parts of Hungarian society.\nWith weapons in hand and a bit of training these peasants, students and country priests have turned out to be a lot more eager to turn on their masters than to march against the Turks and one of the biggest peasant rebellions in the history of our kingdom is now in full swing. Manors are being burned and plundered, clergymen have been impaled, and government officials tortured to death.