Marxist historiography the liberatory intent of Marxist historiography; such practitioners often refer to their work as "marxian" or "Marxian". Friedrich Engels' most important historical contribution was "Der deutsche Bauernkrieg" ("The German Peasants' War"), which analysed social warfare in early Protestant Germany in terms of emerging capitalist classes. "The German Peasants' War" indicate the Marxist interest in history from below and class analysis, and attempts a dialectical analysis. Marx's most important works on social and political history include "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon", "The Communist Manifesto", "The German Ideology", and those chapters of "Das Kapital" dealing with the historical emergence of capitalists
The Christian Manifesto urges Christians to accept the new communist reality, rather than to denounce their faith. The manifesto adopts the propagandistic language of the Chinese revolution resulting in overly optimistic and naive terms. It however failed to give the Chinese church any guidance concerning its future in China under the CPC. The manifesto implied that compliance would be rewarded and Chinese Christianity would prosper. In truth, the government would soon engage in persecution of many Christians. The manifesto was intended for both domestic and foreign audiences. The covering letter accompanying it states that its target audience is people outside the church and