Episode 5.6 - The Hussite Wars Part 1

The Hussite Wars started in 1419 with the first defenestration of Prague. This episode we discuss the road to the war, including the situation in Bohemia, and the preaching and then killing of Jan Hus.

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Jan Hus

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Hus at Contance

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John Wycliff

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Wenceslaus IV and Queen Sofia

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La fenetre de la defenstration

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Land of Bohemian Crown

Sources:

• Hrabě František Lützow, The Hussite Wars

• John Klassen, “Hus, The Hussites and Bohemia”, The New Cambridge Medieval History

Names Mentioned:

• Council of Constance

• Jan Hus

• Jogaila

• John Wycliffe

• Vytautus

• Wenceslaus IV