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