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14 relations: Auxiliaries, Baltringer Haufen, Black Company, Central Europe, Early modern period, Fähnlein, Florian Geyer, Forlorn hope, German Youth Movement, Grassroots democracy, Landsknecht, List of peasant revolts, Paramilitary, Thirty Years' War.
Auxiliaries
An auxiliary force is an organized group supplementing but not directly incorporated in a regular military or police entity.
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Baltringer Haufen
The Baltringer Haufen (also spelled Baltringer Haufe, German for Baltringen Band, Baltringen Troop or Baltringen Mob) was prominent among several armed groups of peasants and craftsmen during the German Peasants' War of 1524–1525.
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Black Company
The Black Company or the Black Troops was a unit of Franconia farmers and knights that fought on the side of the peasants during the Peasants' Revolt in the 1520s, during the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is the region comprising the central part of Europe.
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Early modern period
The early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages of the post-classical era.
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Fähnlein
The Fähnlein (in Swedish: Fänika) was a military unit approximately equivalent to the company or battalion which was used in parts of Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Florian Geyer
Florian Geyer von Giebelstadt (c. 1490 – 10 June 1525) was a German nobleman, diplomat, and knight.
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Forlorn hope
A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high.
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German Youth Movement
The German Youth Movement (Die deutsche Jugendbewegung) is a collective term for a cultural and educational movement that started in 1896.
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Grassroots democracy
Grassroots democracy is a tendency towards designing political processes where as much decision-making authority as practical is shifted to the organization's lowest geographic or social level of organization.
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Landsknecht
The German Landsknechts, sometimes also rendered as (singular), were colourful mercenary soldiers with a formidable reputation, who became an important military force through late 15th- and 16th-century Europe.
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List of peasant revolts
This is a chronological list of conflicts in which peasants played a significant role.
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Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.
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