Hussite Wars
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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
Battle of Hussites and Catholic crusaders, Jena Codex, 15th century
Burning of Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, Jena Codex, 15th century
The devil is selling indulgences, Jena Codex
The Hussite Wagenburg
Jan Žižka
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Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha was a Czech military leader and knight who was a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus, and a prominent Radical Hussite who led the Taborite faction during the Hussite Wa
Hussite Wars
…took back nearly all the land they had lost, resulting in the failure of the crusade. After the reins of the Hussite army were handed over to yeoman Jan Žižka, internal strife followed. Seeing that the Hussites were weakened, the Germans undertook another crusade but were defeated by Žižka at the Battle of…
Statue of Jan Žižka by Bohumil Kafka on Vítkov Hill in Prague
Jan Žižka leading his troops (illumination from the late 1400s)
Jan Žižka z Trocnova, fictional portrait by Jan Vilímek
A painting by Mikoláš Aleš showing Jan Žižka as Hussite general