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	Hussite Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hussite Wars involved the military actions against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1420 to circa 1434.
		At Prague a demagogue, the priest Jan Zelivsky, for a time obtained almost unlimited authority over the lower classes of the townsmen; and at Tabor a communistic movement (that of the so-called Adamites) was sternly suppressed by Zizka.
		Jan Zelivsky was on 9 March 1422 arrested by the town council of Prague and decapitated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hussite_Wars (3014 words)

	Jan Zizka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Jan Zizka (or John Zizka from Trocnov, Czech: Jan Žižka z Trocnova) (c.
		1370-1424), Czech general and Hussite leader, follower of Jan Hus, was born at Trocnov in Bohemia, of a family which belonged to the gentry.
		He took part in the civil wars in Bohemia in the reign of Wenceslaus IV, during which he lost one eye in a skirmish during the Battle of Grunwald, earning him the nickname "John the One-Eyed".
	hallencyclopedia.com /Jan_Zizka (1196 words)

	Jan Hus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Jan Hus made use of this opportunity and exacted a Decree of Kutná Hora from the king.
		By an initiative of Sigismund, Charles IV's junior son and Roman king, a new council was invited to Constanz to solve the schism and approve the necessary reforms of Catholic Church.
		Secret execution of Jan Zelivský, leader of radical wing of Hussite movement, resulted in defenestration of some councillors out the windows of the Prague New Town Hall.
	www3.europole.u-nancy.fr /anglais/RT/czech/1_04_1.htm (567 words)

	CLF \| Quest \| June 2002
		I cared because it was Jan Hus's followers who, in the early 1400's, served communion in a chalice to all of the people in the congregation ("utraquism"), when at that time and place, only priests were allowed the communion wine.
		But I began to recall that Jan Zelivsky was the radical preacher who, in 1419, once Hus's followers were arrested, gathered a group of citizens, marched to the town hall, and threw the local government officials out of the windows.
		Jan Hus (or John of Husinec) was born in the small village of Husinec in Southern Bohemia in 1369.
	www.uua.org /clf/quest/2002-06.html (4323 words)

	P_INF_History
		The next year Hussite peasant rebels, led by the great military leader Jan Zizka, joined forces with the Hussites of Prague to win a decisive victory over the Roman Catholic king (later emperor) Sigismund at nearby Vítkov Hill.
		Subsequent pressure led to the resignation of the entire Communist Party leadership and the formation of a coalition government headed by non-Communists.
		When Czechoslovakia itself was dissolved into its constituent republics on Jan. 1, 1993, Prague maintained its prominent international status as capital of the Czech Republic.
	www.polusnord.com /prague/EP_INF_History.htm (1331 words)

	Nová stránka 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In 1434, the radical hussite wing composed of taborites and orphans was defeated by moderate hussites and catholic lords at the battlefield of Lipany.
		The authors were inspired by a historical novel of Alois Jirásek, who idealized a figure of Jan Sladký-Kozina (1652-1695), a legendary leader of a peasant revolt from the end of the 17th century.
		Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivský leads large masses of people to the New Town's council house occupied by hatred councillors, where the prisoners are kept.
	www2.webpark.cz /il1/booboo/ActorsHistorical.htm (4068 words)

	In the footsteps of the Czech and German Reformation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In the Footsteps of the Czech Reformation and Jan Hus
		PRACHATICE - the school attended by Jan Hus and Jan Zizka in the XIV century (Southwest border of Bohemia with its beautiful mountains and woods, renaissance town of Prachatice).
		The last refuge of Jan Hus in the Czech kingdom before he left for the Catholic church council in Germany, where he was burned at the stake in 1415.
	infinet-tours.cz /e6.htm (269 words)

	Radio Prague: From the Archives
		His death, as well as that of his follower Master Jerome of Prague a year later, brought about a wave of hatred against the German king and the Roman emperor, Sigismund of Luxembourg, who was perceived as a traitor, having broken his promise, guaranteeing Hus a safe return from the council in Constance.
		The radical Prague Hussites elected the preacher Jan Zelivsky as their leader, but the movement soon seized not only the capital, but the entire country.
		A temporary coalition was formed between the Prague centrist Hussites, led by Jan of Rokycany, the moderate Hussites and the Czech Catholics, which, on May 30, 1434, defeated the radicals at the Battle of Lipany, finally opening the way to an agreement in Basle.
	archiv.radio.cz /english/archive/15-7-98.html (1182 words)

	Hussite Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		On 15 October the members of the ccuncil, who had already assembled at Basel, issued a formal invitation to the Hussites to take part in its deliberations.
		Prolonged negotiations ensued; but finally a Hussite embassy, led by Prokop and including Jan of Rokycany, the Taborite bishop Nicolas of Pelhrimov, the “English Hussite" Peter Payne and many others, arrived at Basel on 4 January 1433.
		It was found impossible to arrive at an agreement.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Hussite_Wars (2779 words)

	Page 28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		On 30 July, Jan Zelivsky, a preacher at Our Lady of the Snows, organized a demonstration.
		Three churches were still allowed to offer the chalice, and these filled to overflowing, and Zelivsky's was the most crowded of all.
		On that day, he led his congregation to St Stephens, one of the Catholic churches and the one where, up until 1418, he had been the preacher.
	history.boisestate.edu /hy309/heresy/28.html (258 words)

	Hussite Wars Article, HussiteWars Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Hussite Wars were arguably the first European war in which hand-held gunpowder weapons such as muskets made adecisive contribution.
		At Prague a demagogue,the priest Jan Zelivsky, for atime obtained almost unlimited authority over the lower classes of the townsmen; and at Tabor a communistic movement (that of theso-called Adamites) was sternly suppressed by Zizka.
		Prolonged negotiations ensued; but finally aHussite embassy, led by Prokop and including Jan of Rokycany, the Taborite bishop Nicolas of Pelhrimov, the “English Hussite" Peter Payne and many others, arrived atBasel on 4 January 1433.
	www.anoca.org /bohemia/hussites/hussite_wars.html (2324 words)

	Hussite -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		any of the followers of the Bohemian religious reformer Jan Hus, who was condemned by the Council of Constance (1414–18) and burned at the stake.
		The movement's chief supporters were Jakoubek of Stríbro (died 1429), Hus's successor as preacher at the Bethlehem chapel in Prague; Václav Koranda, leader of the Taborites (extreme Hussites named for Tábor, their stronghold, south of Prague); and Jan Zelivský, who organized the extreme reform party in Prague.
		The Hussites broke with Rome in using a Czech liturgy and in administering Holy Communion to the laity under the forms of both bread and wine.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9041634 (1042 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Hussite Wars
		Under the influence of his brother Sigismund, king of the Romans, King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia endeavoured to stem the Hussite movement.
		A certain number of Hussites led by Nicolas of Hus - no relation of Jan Hus - left Prague.
		They held meetings in various parts of Bohemia, particularly at Usti, near the spot where the town of Tabor was founded soon afterwards.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Hussite_Wars (2633 words)

	Czech history, The Czech reformation, Husiit war 1378 - 1526
		The main role in those efforts was played by Czech 15th century reformist, Jan Hus, who later gave the name to the Hussite movement, which fought for a reformed church.
		In 1409 a church council was called to the Italian town of Pisa, which was to decide which of the two popes would take over the Holy See and become the highest representative of the Christian church, and consequently, the partner of the Holy Roman emperor.
		A wave of fierce opposition welled against the king, and on July 30th 1419, priest Jan Zelivsky and a group of his supporters threw the members of the newly-appointed municipal council out of the window of the Old Town Hall.
	www.czeckitout.com /tjeck_history5.htm (3585 words)

	Nova stranka 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The authors were inspired by a historical novel of Alois Jirasek, who idealized a figure of Jan Sladky-Kozina (1652-1695), a legendary leader of a peasant revolt from the end of the 17th century.
		Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivsky leads large masses of people to the New Town's council house occupied by hatred councillors, where the prisoners are kept.
		The councillors refuse demands lodged by Zelivsky and several people are killed by stones thrown from windows.
	www2.webpark.cz /asc/booboo/ActorsHistorical.htm (4068 words)

	Chaucer, Wyclif, Hus, and Chelcicky by Sanderson Beck
		Jan Hus was born about 1370 at Husinec in southern Bohemia to poor Czech parents, but he managed to study at the university in Prague by working as a choir boy and began lecturing there in 1396.
		Hungarian king Sigismund was elected king of Germany in 1411, and three years later he invited Jan Hus to a council at Constance, promising him safe conduct.
		Pope Nicholas V declined to recognize Rokycans, and the Hussites thought of joining the Greek Orthodox Church; but the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453, the year the Taborites were finally wiped out by the campaigns of Podebrady, who was elected king of Bohemia in 1458.
	www.san.beck.org /GPJ11-Chaucer,Wyclif.html (5074 words)

	Theology and Cultural Contexts by Jan Milic Lochman
		A Quest for Theological Identity (1988); Encountering Marx: Bonds and Barriers between Christians and Marxists (1977); The Faith We Confess: An Ecumenical Dogmatics (1984); Living Roots of the Reformation (1979); The Lord's Prayer (1990); and Zeal for Truth and Tolerance: The Ecumenical Challenge of the Czech Reformation (1996).
		One of my favorite quotations is the dictum of Jan Zelivsky, a revolutionary Hussite in Prague in 1419: Status mundi renovabitur (the conditions of the world will be renewed).
		Initiatives of hope were characteristic already of Jan Milic, the "Father of the Bohemian Reformation" from the 14th century, but also of Jan Hus and later of the Czech Brethren.
	www.ctinquiry.org /publications/reflections_volume_2/lochman.htm (5488 words)

	Rebels to Be Reckoned With - Christian History & Biography - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
		When radical preacher Jan Zelivsky arrived in Prague in 1418, he stepped into a seething conflict.
		In the three years since Jan Hus's death, Praguers had grown more passionate about reform—particularly about receiving both the bread and the chalice in Communion.
		Radicals largely came from the lower levels of society (Zelivsky sometimes called himself "preacher of the poor, unfortunate, miserable, oppressed"), while moderates drew from the ranks of nobles and university...
	www.ctlibrary.com /ch/2000/Issue68/9.39.html (431 words)

	Erasmus, Anabaptists, and Mennonites by Sanderson Beck
		After Melchior Hoffman was imprisoned at Strasbourg in 1533, the radical Jan Matthys became the leader of the Melchiorites.
		Matthys arrived at Munster, but he was killed during a sortie in April and was succeeded by Jan of Leiden.
		Menno objected to their violent methods, and early in 1535 he wrote "The Blasphemy of Jan of Leiden." He asked how Christians could fight with weapons of war, and he was shocked by the armed attack by those in the Münster kingdom on the Cistercian abbey at Oldeklooster.
	www.san.beck.org /GPJ12-Erasmus,Anabaptists.html (8167 words)

	New Town - Prague Hotels, Prague Apartments - Travel Pages
		The 750 m long and 60 m wide square has been the scene of a great deal of Czech history.
		In 1969 a university student Jan Palach burnt himself to death in protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion and in November 1989 protest meetings against police brutality were held here and led to the Velvet Revolution and the end of communism in Czechoslovakia.
		Jan Zelivsky, the Hussite firebrand, preached at the church and was buried here after his execution in 1422.
	www.travelpages.cz /prague-new-town.html (1195 words)

	Travel Channel :: Prague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		During the 15th century the square was the focal point of conflict between Czech Hussites and German Catholics.
		In 1422 the radical Hussite preacher Jan Zelivský was executed here for his part in storming the New Town's town hall three years earlier.
		In the 1419 uprising, three Catholic consuls and seven German citizens were thrown out the window -- the first of Prague's many famous defenestrations.
	travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/prague/sightsacts_30993_1.html (349 words)

	Middle-Age Church
		Wycliffe and the Lollards greatly influenced Jan Huss (or Hus).
		Jan Huss was born between 1369 and 1372 in Husinec, South Bohemia.
		The Taborites, under Václav Koranda, were very uncompromising, and the Ultraquists (or Calixtenes), under Jan Zelivský and Jakoubek of Stríbro (d~1429), were called by Taborites "limping Hussites" in simply wanting to be free from the power of the Catholic priests.
	www.biblequery.org /History/ChurchHistory/MiddleChurch.htm (18221 words)

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		Charles IV then made it the capital of the Empire, founding the University here in 1348 and preparing the ground for large scale urban development.
		In 1419 the followers of Zelivsky freed the Hussites held prisoner in the New Town Hall, and threw out the Catholic counsellors.
		This marked the beginning of a long period of religious conflict.
	www.czechcenter.org /publications/02smprague.html (767 words)

	Travel guide - New Town. E-travel.cz - accommodation in hotels and apartments in Prague and the Czech Republic.
		In 1969 student Jan Palach burnt himself to death and in November 1989 most demonstrations of the "Velvet Revolution" took place here.
		The building is the place where the first Prague defenestration took place on July 30, 1419.
		A crowd of followers of John Huss, led by the preacher Jan Zelivsky, then demanded the release of the jailed advocates of the Reformation.
	www.travel.cz /guide/298/index_en.html (679 words)

	Sazka, a.s. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Following the death of Charles IV, the subsequent social crisis gave rise to a reform movement led by John Huss, who was mainly active at Prague University and Bethlehem Chapel.
		However, the unity of the Prague towns disintegrated when Zelivsky was assassinated, and various Hussite offshoots emerged.
		In May 1434, the radical wing of the Hussites, the Taborites, was defeated at the Battle of Lipany.
	www.sazka.cz /en/about_us/about_prague.html (2737 words)

	Czech Republic/USA: New Prague site found for RFE/RL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Paroubek told the paper that the radio management has already chosen a locality to move to.
		The relocation of RFE/RL, which started to be spoken about after the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001, is to be approved by US Congress.
		It is speculated that localities close to the Zelivsky metro station and the administrative spaces in Prague-Smichov have been shortlisted.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/printer_1010116.php (261 words)

	Image Index: Prague: miscellanea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		When he was burned for heresy, Hus' martyrdom sparked a religious, nationalist and class-based rebellion in Bohemia, led the preacher Jan Zelivsky and operating mainly out of Tabor, Plzen and Prague's Nove Mestro.
		The Hussites moved swiftly from rhetoric to warfare: on 30 July 1419 Zelivsky preached a blood-stirring sermon at St. Mary of the Snows in Prague, then led the congregation to the New Town Hall to confront the Catholic burglers.
		Militant Hussite Jan Zizka led a charge up the stairs and the councilors were thrown out the windows and beaten to death by the mob.
	p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp /~acro-ito/Joyce_pics2005/Joyce2005cPRG3/imageidx.html (3553 words)

	Milos Vacek - Czech Contemporary Composer
		Vacek s tendency towards musical dramatic creation was expressed already in his first opera with a historical subject from the period of Hussite wars, "Jan Zelivsky", composed at the age of twenty-five.
		It was pre-announced in 1974 by a new version of the opera "Jan Zelivsky", not a revision, but a new composition in which the composer took up again the subject of his early work.
		It was soon followed by another opera, "Brother Jacques", a dramatic story of a family of players to Ivan Olbracht s subject, "Romance for Bugle-horn" to a theme by Frantisek Hrubin, and "Mike"s the Tom-cat" after stories and pictures by Josef Lada.
	www.musica.cz /comp/vacek.htm (1159 words)

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