Hussite
The Hussites comprised an early Protestant
The Hussite Wars
The news of the death of King Wenceslaus
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produced the greatest commotion among the people of
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Prague. A revolution swept over the
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country; churches and monasteries
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were destroyed, and the ecclesiastical
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possessions were seized by the Hussite
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nobility. Sigismund could get
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possession of his kingdom only by force of arms.
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Pope Martin V called upon all Christians of the Occident
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to take up arms against the Hussites, and there
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followed twelve years of warfare. The Hussites initially campaigned defensively, but after 1427
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they assumed the offensive. Apart from their
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religious aims, they fought for the national interests
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of the Czechs. The moderate and radical parties
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were united and they not only repelled the attacks
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of the army of crusaders, but entered the neighboring
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countries.
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In 1430, Joan of Arc dictated a letter on March 23rd threatening to lead a crusading army against the Hussites unless they returned to, quote, "the Catholic Faith and the original Light"; but her capture by English and Burgundian troops two months later would keep her from carrying out this threat.
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