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Warrior of God : Jan Žižka and the Hussite Revolution / Victor Verney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verney, Victor, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Žižka, Jan, approximately 1360-1424.
- Žižka, Jan.
- Generals--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Biography.
- Generals.
- Hussites--Biography.
- Hussites.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--Hussite Wars, 1419-1436.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Frontline Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jan Zizka (1370-1424) was a formidable figure whose life and military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions - military, religious, political and social - that engulfed medieval Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. The leader of Bohemia's Hussite Revolution - the first of the religious wars during the Protestant Reformation - he was a forward-thinking military genius whose record is virtually unmatched. He fielded a peasant militia, initially untrained and unequipped, and faced down the Holy Roman Empire's huge professional army of armored knights known as 'The Men of
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 - HUNTER, HIGHWAYMAN, MERCENARY, COURTIER; Chapter 2 - PREACHERS AND POPES; Chapter 3 - THE EMPEROR STRIKES; Chapter 4 - PRAGUERS AND PIKHARTS; Chapter 5 - CONFERENCES AND CRUSADERS; Chapter 6 - ENTRANCES AND EXITS; Chapter 7 - DISCIPLINE AND DISCORD; Chapter 8 - DEATH AND DEFEAT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-78383-084-0
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