### id263736852 peasant republics were able to rule well and defend themselves > it worked super super well. Turns out a bunch of peasants were perfectly able to get their heads around the ins and outs of legislation and law making, as well as taxation and how to govern. It was always perfectly workable – the technological conceits of the time be damned. > > Of course, not everyone was happy about peasants having a nice time, and neighbouring nobles attempted at various times to reign in that whole poor people doing self-determination thing. However, not only could the poors organise governance, they could also do self-defense. They fought off attacks from, among others, the King of Denmark, the rulers of Schleswig, and the nearby Counts of Holstein-Rendsburg. Repeatedly. Over and over. Just a lot. At times they also allied with their neighbouring free peasants in neighbouring Wursten. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fr4j6ss42zp6axq1y6xex2zj) - [[On Looking in the Past for a Better Future by Dr Eleanor Janega#id263736852 peasant republics were able to rule well and defend themselves|View in Vault]]