The Hussites were members of a pre-Reformation Christian movement that originated in Bohemia, in the modern-day Czech Republic. Named after Jan Hus, whose teachings were followed by the Hussite movement, they opposed many of the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church in the hope of reformation. Denounced as heretics, relations between Hussites and Catholics became […]
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The Blind Bohemian General: Czech Hero Jan Zizka and the Hussite Wars
May 4th, 2021 Awake Goy
Jan Zizka is best remembered for his involvement in the Hussite Wars, during which he became the leader of the Taborites. A Bohemian general, who lived between the 14 th and 15 th centuries, Zizka has gone down in history as one of the finest military strategists of all time. Despite being at the head of a […]