Jan Hus Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Hussite Wars=== {{Main|Hussite Wars}} [[File:Jensky kodex Zizka.jpg|thumb|[[Jan Žižka]] leading troops of Hussites]] [[File:Vrhání husitů do šachet.gif|thumb|Some two thousand of Hus's followers thrown into the [[Kutná Hora]] mines by pro-Catholic townsmen]] Responding with horror to the execution of Hus, the people of Bohemia moved even more rapidly away from Papal teachings. Rome then pronounced a [[crusade]] against them (1 March 1420): [[Pope Martin V]] issued a [[Papal bull]] authorizing the execution of all supporters of Hus and Wycliffe. King Wenceslaus IV died in August 1419, and his brother, [[Sigismund of Hungary]], was unable to establish a real government in Bohemia due to the Hussite revolt.{{sfn|Lützow|1914|pp=177–79}} The Hussite community included most of the Czech population of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Under the leadership of [[Jan Žižka]] (c. 1360–1424) and later of [[Prokop the Great]] (c. 1380–1434)—both excellent commanders—the Hussites defeated the crusade and the other three crusades that followed (1419–1434). Fighting ended after a compromise between the Utraquist{{what?|date=May 2023}} Hussites and the Catholic [[Council of Basel]] in 1436. It resulted in the [[Basel Compacts]], in which the Catholic Church officially allowed Bohemia to practice its own version of Christianity (Hussitism). A century later as much as ninety percent of the inhabitants of the [[Czech Crown lands]] still followed Hussite teachings. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page