Osprey Publishing MAA 409 Men-at-Arms The Hussite Wars 1419–36

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Description

Description

In 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemia. His death led within a few years to the 'Hussite' revolution against the monarchy, the German aristocracy and the Church establishment. For two decades the largely peasant Hussite armies successfully defied a series of international 'crusades'; they owed many of their victories to the charismatic general Jan Zizka, and his novel tactical methods based on the use of 'war wagons'. This remarkable episode in medieval warfare is remembered not only as the Czech national epic, but as an important forerunner to the wars of the Reformation the following century.


Table of Contents

Chronology · Campaigns - Jan Hus - Jan Zizka - the 'crusades' - the Wars of the Orphans · Armies of the Hussite Wars · Heavy Arms and Equipment

Product details

Published 25 May 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781841766652
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 40 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 409
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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