I`m interested in a scenario where the great german peasants war ends with an independent, Switzerland-like peasant state in the south of the HRE. Such a progressive construct could later on torpedo the internal stagnation and strife that plagued the Reich, maybe ending in a united german nation much earlier.
The BIG question is- could the ill- organized, politicaly divided and militarily useless peasants of the OTL somehow fight the swabian league and after that the whole might of the Reich`s nobility to a standstill? IS this possible without venturing into ASB land?