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The league at Allstedt wanted to establish this principle, Omnia sunt communia, ‘All property should be held in common’ and should be distributed to each according to his needs, as the occasion required. Any prince, count, or lord who did not want to do this, after first being warned about it, should be beheaded or hanged.

— Thomas Müntzer Revelation and Revolution: Basic Writings of Thomas Müntzer (1993)

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