Crusaders besiege Prague - Battle of Vitkov Hill, 1420 - Hussite Wars - @HistoryMarche
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🚩 Today we examine the Battle of Vitkov Hill, fought in 1420 outside the city walls of Prague, amidst a series of crusades against the Hussites, who were a Czech proto-Protestant movement. Just one year before, in 1419, the Pope declared a crusade against them, and the Holy Roman Empire organized forces to wipe them out. Easier said than done...
📢 Narrated by David McCallion
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RNDr. et PhDr. Aleš Nováček, Ph.D. - Battles of Vítkov Hill and Vyšehrad