Tag: Hussite

Free Download The Hussite Wars 1419-36 (Men-at-Arms, 409) by Stephen Turnbull, Angus McBride
English | May 25, 2004 | ISBN: 1841766658 | 48 pages | MOBI | 26 Mb
In 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemia. His death led within a few years to the ‘Hussite’ revolution against the monarchy, the German aristocracy and the Church establishment. For two decades the largely peasant Hussite armies successfully defied a series of international ‘crusades’; they owed many of their victories to the charismatic general Jan Zizka, and his novel tactical methods based on the use of ‘war wagons’. This remarkable episode in medieval warfare is remembered not only as the Czech national epic, but as an important forerunner to the wars of the Reformation the following century.

Free Download Martin Pjecha, "Theo-politics of the Hussite Movement: From Reform to Revolution "
English | ISBN: 9004700536 | 2024 | 292 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This intellectual history of the dissident Hussite reform movement in early 15th century Bohemia explains the process of Hussite radicalization, which led to their overthrow of secular and religious structures in the so-called "first European revolution". It does this by discovering the political relevance of diverse heterodox leaders and the discourses they adapted into mobilizing calls to conflict. As such, the work represents a reimagining of the Hussite revolution which emphasizes the symbolic worldview of its agents. This includes an appreciation of the Hussite debt to unexpected traditions of thought, and of the movement’s participation in innovative visions of theo-political order.