Editing Rainbow flag (section)

===Reformation (1525)===
[[File:Flagge der Bauern im Bauernkrieg.png|thumb|upright|Replica of [[Thomas Müntzer]]'s Rainbow Banner.]]
The reformer [[Thomas Müntzer]] (1489–1525) connected socially revolutionary claims with his religious preaching ([[Covenant (biblical)#Noahic covenant|Genesis 9:11–17]], [[Isaiah 40#Verse 8|Isaiah 40:8]], [[First Epistle of Peter|1 Peter 1:25]]). He is often portrayed with a rainbow banner in his hand. The Thomas Müntzer statue in the German town of [[Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt|Stolberg]] also shows him holding a rainbow banner in his hand.

In the [[German Peasants' War]] of the 16th century, Müntzer's rainbow banner together with the peasants' boot ("[[Bundschuh]]") was used as the sign of a new era, of hope and of [[social change]].

The choice of the rainbow in the form of a flag harks back to the rainbow as a symbol of [[Bible|biblical]] promise. According to the Bible, [[God]] used the rainbow as a sign to [[Noah]] that there would never again be a worldwide flood,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://christianity.about.com/od/symbolspictures/ig/Christian-Symbols-Glossary/Christian-Rainbow.htm |title=Christian symbols Glossary |access-date=2007-08-20 |archive-date=2011-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514163036/http://christianity.about.com/od/symbolspictures/ig/Christian-Symbols-Glossary/Christian-Rainbow.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodnewspirit.com/rainbow.htm|title=The Sign of the Rainbow Symbol of God's Everlasting Covenant|website=goodnewspirit.com|access-date=2007-08-20|archive-date=2007-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018144328/http://goodnewspirit.com/rainbow.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> also known as the [[Genesis flood narrative#Rainbow covenant|Rainbow covenant]].