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The Hussites (Czech: Husité or Kališníci "Chalice People"; Latin: Hussitae) were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus (fl. 1401–1415), a part of the Bohemian Reformation.
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, and European monarchs loyal to the Catholic Church, as well as various Hussite factions.
The Hussites were a pre-Protestant Christian movement centered on the teachings of Czech martyr Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415), who had been burned at the stake on July 6, 1415, at the Council of Constance.
Hussite moderates in Pilsen persuaded Zizka to make a deal with Bohuslav rather than have Pilsen besieged and possibly destroyed by a Royalist army. On March 22, 1420, Zizka led 400 Hussite soldiers with 12 war wagons and a large number of women and children away from Pilsen.
The Taborites (Czech: Táborité, Czech: singular Táborita), known by their enemies as the Picards, [why?] were a faction within the Hussite movement in the medieval Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Although most of the Taborites were of rural origin, they played a major role in the town of Tábor .
Nov 18, 2021 · The Hussite Wars (1419 to c. 1434) were a series of conflicts fought in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) between followers of the reformer Jan Hus and Catholic loyalists toward the end of the Bohemian Reformation (c. 1380 to c. 1436).
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1. Who Were the Hussites and What Did They Represent? “Hussites” is a term that was initially applied to the reformists who were per-ceived to be followers of the Bohemian preacher Jan Hus (ca. 1370–1415), though Hus himself began the process of appropriating the derogatory name (from Old Czech hus [mod.
