Prague Hussites

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The "Prague Banner". During the Hussite Wars the city militia fought under this banner. Later banner was captured by Swedish troops in 1649 and placed in the Royal Military Museum in Stockholm

The Prague Hussites, Prague Union (

Moderate Hussites based in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia
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In September 1420, the first year of the

Emperor Sigismund did not arrive to relieve them by October 31, 9 AM.[1]

Sigismund arrived at noon, October 31 and found that the castle had already surrendered. He initiated the Battle of Vyšehrad, in which his forces were defeated. Radical Hussite priests called for the Imperial corpses to rot on the field for three days, but the army of the Prague Hussites ignored it. The castle was sacked and on June 21, 1421, Hradcany Castle was also taken by the Prague Hussites and similarly ransacked.[1]

The Prague Hussites included primarily Bohemian nobility and merchants as opposed to the Taborites and Orebites, who included many peasants and lower-class clergy.[2] During Hussite Wars, Prague Hussites tried to unite Hussite groups and reestablish the Christian church in Bohemia, but this effort was hindered by the Taborites who gained control of communities in southern Bohemia.[3]

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