Adamites
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The Adamites, also called Adamians, were adherents of an early Christian sect reportedly active in North Africa during the 2nd through 4th centuries. According to ancient sources, the group practiced
1898 illustration by E. J. Sullivan, heading to "Adamitism", chapter IX of Sartor Resartus (1833–34) by Thomas Carlyle
The arrest of Adamites in a public square in Amsterdam (engraving, mid-18th century).
Adamites being burned in Hussite wars
Taborites
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The Taborites, were a faction within the Hussite movement in the medieval Lands of the Bohemian Crown. The Taborites were sometimes referred to as the Picards, a term used for groups which were seen a
Adamites
…labeled such groups as Adamites, though the accuracy of these reports is disputed. The most extensively documented medieval Adamites emerged from the Taborite movement in 15th-century Bohemia. The Taborites had formed in 1419 as a radical branch of Hussitism, opposing both the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic…
Jan Žižka with Václav Koranda at Vítkov
Adolf Liebscher: The Taborites conquering Prachatice
Jan Žižka leading troops of the Hussites; Jena Codex, 15th century