Definition of the Hussite movement

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Definition of the Hussite movement. What was the Hussite movement? This movement refers to an uprising against the authority of the church that was in the Bohemian area in the fifteenth century under the auspices of the doctrines that a few years before had promulgated Jan Hus. We situate ourselves; Jan Hus He was a preacher and reformer who faced head-on the authority of the church (since he said that the church was corrupt, that the priests were sinners and that the only authority was Christ). This led to his being excommunicated, imprisoned, imprisoned, and finally sentenced to death at the stake in 1415.

Thus, in 1419, a preacher related to his ideas, said that Jan Hus had been condemned with perfidy and He called on all his followers to take up arms to fight against his enemies (i.e., the church and the sacred empire).

This breeding ground of ideas (both from Jan Hus and his followers) who wanted to avenge him in a certain way... they curdled in Bohemia since Along with Bohemian nationalism and this reform, Bohemian national pride swelled and the authority of both the pope and the pope was challenged. of

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In 1419, several of the followers of Jan Hus (belonging to the Hussite movement), went to the Prague city hall to evict the Catholics who were there (known as the famous defenestration of Prague) because the Hussites, throw out the window those appointed by King Sigismund to govern said city that the Huistas believed should be theirs and therefore they should govern it. After this defenestration of Prague is the starting point that will give to the Hussite revolt. This revolt is not homogeneous. It appeared in various parts of Bohemia and had no clear leader. It was not until Sigismund (king of the Holy Empire) besieged Prague. That made all the various points and Hussite chiefs see the need to unite to face this great threat that were the troops of Sigismund.

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