This question was brought to the front by the so-called Hussite movement in Bohemia. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07] Reference
They disliked the alliance with the aristocracy and the clergy; they wished for universal suffrage, and recalled the Hussite traditions. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
These events also split the empire in the Hussite Wars. From Wordnik.com. [1. Bohemia] Reference
Hussite leaders, in the brave struggle of that sect against the Roman. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
Hussite Wars reflect strong Bohemian national feeling (See 142033). From Wordnik.com. [1338] Reference
Hussite wars broke out over Bohemia, and it suffered at the hands of the. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
The Hussite wars which ensued in the fifteenth century ended in the downfall of. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
It began in Bohemia, where Protestantism had not been extinguished by the Hussite wars. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The Hussite wars, which followed, thus formed a political rather than a religious struggle. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
There's a dispute about whether our symbol owes anything historically to the Hussite symbol. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: The golden chalice.] Reference
Hussite siege of Castle Karlstein, near Prague, in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
Hussite invasions of Hungary, resulting from Sigismund's attempts to gain the Bohemian throne. From Wordnik.com. [d. Hungary] Reference
Hussite sects, with their strange devil-worship and doctrine of transmigration, was manifestly Oriental. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
This is not the place to tell of the doings of those Hussite armies and their exploits, and how they kept all. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
He found his country distracted by internal dissensions, exhausted by the Hussite wars and threatened by powerful neighbours. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
Glasgow about 1422, in all probability the Scottish Wycliffite whose letter to his bishop has recently been unearthed in a Hussite MS. at. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics] Reference
He came to some agreement with the leaders of the opposition and was even solemnly crowned at St. Vitus; but the battle on Žiška's hill marked the beginning of the Hussite wars. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
Hussite soldiers ravaged the neighboring countries. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
The terrible scenes of the Hussite struggle were re-enacted. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
Hussite virtue had degenerated into tyranny of the worst type. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German] Reference
Hussite Wars, probably on account of the military spirit of its. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
It was in this form that the Hussite theories were absorbed by the. From Wordnik.com. [German Culture Past and Present] Reference
In Hungary, Giska, the Hussite, massacred and bruised the Beghards. From Wordnik.com. [The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History] Reference
Hussite Knights, nor its present lord, a Lutheran magnate, were of the. From Wordnik.com. [Pater Peter. English.] Reference
Hussite war, in which several severe battles were fought, including one at Prague. From Wordnik.com. [Down the Rhine Young America in Germany] Reference
The Hussite passage was filled with stones, and the flood took its path from there over the country. From Wordnik.com. [Pater Peter. English.] Reference
For these principles our nation shed its blood in the memorable Hussite wars five hundred years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty] Reference
The equestrian statue of Hussite warrior Jan Zizka (1360-1424) overlooking Prague will also be repaired. From Wordnik.com. [Prague Monitor] Reference
Klaus also opened an exhibition dedicated to Benes in the Hussite Museum in Tabor, south Bohemia, tonight. From Wordnik.com. [Prague Monitor] Reference
The echoes of the Hussite movement in Bavaria at the beginning of the century spread far and wide throughout Central. From Wordnik.com. [German Culture Past and Present] Reference
Bohemia, a number of Hussite fugitives settled in Southern Germany, carrying with them the seeds of the new doctrines. From Wordnik.com. [German Culture Past and Present] Reference
The dreadful work of religious war began with the burning of Hussite preachers who had ventured from Bohemia into Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German] Reference
As in the Hussite wars, the sight of their caps and the sound of their songs struck terror in the hearts of the Germans and Magyars. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty] Reference
Except in those Hussite wars for Kaiser Sigismund and the Reich, in which no man could prosper, he may be defined as constantly prosperous. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
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