Ep. 178: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - No Hill to Die On
History of the Germans
Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
4.9 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
- “It is we, the followers of master Jan Hus, who are obeying the law of God, we who are the true followers of Christ. Thus therefore, who oppose us, oppress us, kill us, are themselves heretics, trying to thwart the will of God. Out of this deep, passionate conviction was born the determination not to yield, not to surrender, but to challenge if need be, all the forces of the religious and political order which had dominated medieval europe for nearly a thousand years, to fight it out against odds the like of which have seldom been seen in history”
So it is written in the “Very Pretty Chronicle of the life of John Zizka” which tells the not so very pretty story of the war against the Hussites that is now heating up. Sigismund musters his crusading army in Silesia whilst the radical Hussites take to the hills and then take a hill.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans. |
| 0:11.7 | Episode 178, No Hill to Dion. |
| 0:15.3 | From Tabor to Witkoff. |
| 0:18.5 | It is we, the followers of Master Yanhus, who are obeying the law of God, we who are the true |
| 0:24.6 | followers of Christ. |
| 0:26.6 | Thus therefore, who oppose us, oppress us, kill us, are themselves heretics, trying to thwart |
| 0:33.6 | the will of God. |
| 0:34.6 | Out of this deep, passionate conviction was born the determination |
| 0:39.5 | not to yield, not to surrender, but to challenge if need be all the forces of the religious |
| 0:45.3 | and political order which had dominated medieval Europe for nearly a thousand years. |
| 0:50.2 | To fight it out against odds the like which have seldom been seen in history. |
| 0:56.0 | So it is written in the very pretty chronicle of the life of John Shishka |
| 1:02.0 | which tells the not so very pretty story of the war against the Hussites, |
| 1:07.0 | and that is the war that is now heating up. |
| 1:10.0 | Sigismund musters his crusading army in |
| 1:12.4 | Silesia, once the radical has sides take to the hills and then take a hill. |
| 1:19.9 | And now an announcement forced upon us due to recent events. |
| 1:24.2 | I've always kept this show out of current politics. |
| 1:29.9 | This is a history show and everybody is welcome. |
| 1:33.8 | I'm actually taking a lot of pride in the fact that there are many listeners to this show who fundamentally disagree with my political views and still enjoy it. |
| 1:38.8 | We may come to different conclusions from the similar facts, |
| 1:42.0 | but we share a passion for historical accuracy and willingness |
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