List of peasant revolts

This is a chronological list of revolts organized by peasants.

The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years.

A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including:[2] Later peasant revolts such as the Telangana Rebellion were also influenced by agrarian socialist ideologies such as Maoism.

[3] The majority of peasant rebellions ended prematurely and were unsuccessful.

Peasants suffered from limited funding and lacked the training and organisational capabilities of professional armies.

The Cudgel War was the 16th century peasant uprising in Finland , which was at that time part of the Kingdom of Sweden . [ 1 ] Poltettu kylä (Burned Village), by Albert Edelfelt , 1879