The Hussites were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, a part of the Bohemian Reformation.
Execution of Jan Hus (1415) that sparked outrage in the Kingdom of Bohemia
The Hussite Wagenburg
Recreation of Hussite pavise from an original in the Museum of Prague
Painting celebrating the Catholic victory at the Battle of White Mountain (1620). In the coming years, Bohemia and Moravia were converted from Hussitism to Roman Catholicism by the Habsburgs.
Proto-Protestantism, also called pre-Protestantism, refers to individuals and movements that propagated various ideas later associated with Protestantism before 1517, which historians usually regard as the starting year for the Reformation era. The relationship between medieval sects and Protestantism is an issue that has been debated by historians.
John Wycliffe is called the "Morning Star of the Reformation" by Andy Thomson.
Luther Monument in Worms, including Protestant forerunners such as Girolamo Savonarola, Jan Hus and Peter Waldo
Timeline from 'The Trail of Blood'