Hussite Wars

It's kind of exposing how difficult it is for a huge machine like the Empire to control these small pockets that spring up everywhere.

Is there kind of a turning point in the Hussite Wars?

Well, I mean, there are a couple of them.

I would say one is that there is some fracturing within the Hussite communities.

a Hussite kingdom.

Yeah, like, I mean, just 100%,

right? So how from there, then, we've got a Hussite kingdom, how do the Hussite wars end? Do they win? They do.

They do.

Moldavia's painted monasteries represent, this is my idea, represented a parallel Orthodox Renaissance responding not with secular humanism, but with sacral art and theology.

And then other things going on in the West with the Hussite Wars and Bohemia.

Holy Roman Empire was weak and fragmented, more concerned with its internal conflicts.

The papacy, popes called for crusades against the Ottomans, but Western kings were divided, distracted by dynastic ambitions.

In 1295, the manuscript was acquired by the Benedictine Monastery of Presevnov, beginning another chapter in its long history.

And during the 15th century, religious conflicts known as the Hussite Wars devastated parts of Bohemia, destroying monasteries and threatening their collections.

The Codex Gigas survived, eventually finding refuge at the monastery of Brumov, where it remained for more than a century.

in 1594 the manuscript attracted the attention of one of europe's most unusual rulers the holy roman emperor rudolph ii now he was a fast he was fascinated by astronomy astrology alchemy and the mysteries of the natural world His court in Prague became the gathering place for scholars, artists, mathematicians, and individuals who claimed to possess extraordinary knowledge.

So you mentioned Skyrim, and it kind of feels like that because you barely have crossbows and you don't have any firearms, which at the time did become more common.

and they were famously used in The Hussite Wars, which took place a bit, I think, after this game takes place.

They kind of stripped that out, so you have a game that's somewhat historical, but at the same time, it adheres to still some medieval RPG tropes, where you got your swords and your bows, which makes it a bit more video game-y.

But to be honest, since the setting's somewhat fresh, and...

In Bohemia, Austria had another annoying problem.

In 1450, Bohemia had just emerged from the Hussite Wars.

George, poor de Bred, stirred with the emperors up again, engaged in war with Matthias Corvin Honeyardy, as well as with the emperor.

And after his death in 1471, the same state of affairs went on until the crushing blow of the White Mountain in 1620 ended Bohemia's separate existence.

Okay? Bear in mind, when we talk about in our documentary, The True Christian History of America, if you-- for those of you who have seen that, when I go to the Hussite Museum in the Czech Republic, the Hussite Museum is located about thirty minutes south of Prague, and I interview their historian there.

Uh, the Hussite Wars, when the Pope wrote his order to the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund to go and exterminate all of the Hussites, the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund brought Catholic crusaders.

It was a crusader army that was sent in to exterminate the Hussites.

Now, this is happening in the fifteenth century.

Remember this now when you're hearing people, they want to talk about the Crusades and the Crusaders.

Remember that the Crusaders lost, and we have to remember what happened during that time, how they betrayed the Bible, how Rome betrayed the Bible, really.

I don't necessarily blame the Crusaders, although we have to point out that it was Crusader armies that were sent by the Pope to attack Bible believers, uh, during the Hussite Wars.

We have to remember that.

In Bohemia, Austria had another annoying problem.

In 1450 Bohemia had just emerged from the Hussite Wars.

George Podibred stirred with the embers up again, engaged in war with Matthias Corvin Hunyadi as well as with the Emperor, and after his death in 1471 the same state of affairs went on until the crushing blow of the White Mountain in 1620 ended Bohemia's separate existence.

The figures below show the total number of years in which Austria was engaged in war, divided into 50 and 100-year periods, beginning in 1450 and ending in the year 1900.