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Today we examine the Battle of Vitkov Hill, fought in 1420 outside the city walls of Prague, amidst a series of crusades against the Hussites, who were a Czech protoProtestant movement. Just one year before, in 1419, the Pope declared a crusade against them, and the Holy Roman Empire organized forces to wipe them out. Easier said than done...

Narrated by David McCallion

Music:
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Sources:
RNDr. et PhDr. Aleš Nováček, Ph.D. Battles of Vítkov Hill and Vyšehrad https://www.bellum.cz/en/battlesofv...

Robert Bideleux & Ian Jeffries A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change https://www.routledge.com/AHistoryo...

Stephen Turnbull & Angus McBride The Hussite Wars 141936 https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/h...

Thomas A. Fudge The Crusade Against Heretics in Bohemia, 14181437 Sources and Documents for the Hussite Crusades https://www.routledge.com/TheCrusade...

Diarmaid MacCulloch A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years https://www.amazon.com/ChristianityF...

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