Taborites

In some ways, they were not that different than the Roman Catholic Church, you know, in other ways.

But then you also had this radical group called the Taborites.

And they were very—they get their name from Mount Tabor.

And they were— They were the original Dispies.

Like, I don't know.

And the Taborites are like, nope, gonna kill them all.

You know, like, that is absolutely what's going to happen, right? So we do have two...

contend with the fact that the Utraquists do turn on the Taborites.

So in 1431, we have the Battle of Lipani.

And the Utraquists are like, actually, where was Sigismund? Because Sigismund promised that we could have the wine, right? And that's all we ever really wanted.

And the Taborites are like, guys, I thought that we were fighting for a fairer world.

And the Prague contingent are like, No.

And now it's important to note that when war breaks out, there's really two groups that the Hus movement breaks into.

There's the Taborites, And they're named after Mount Tabor.

And there's ultraquisist, ultraquasist.

It's a Latin pronunciation.

They want to preach the Hussite gospel.

They want, now this is really important here, that group wants to remain in the Catholic Church and its centers in Prague.

The Taborites here, they denied transubstantiation.

so they don't want any part of that, which Hus never does, which we'll get there when we get to his theology.

Shortly before his death, Huss had accepted a doctrine preached during his absence by his adherents at Prague, namely that of Utraquism, that is, the obligation of the faithful to receive communion in both kinds, sub utraque specie.

This doctrine became the watchword of the moderate Hussites, who were known as the Utraquists or Calixtines, from Calix, the chalice, in Bohemian Podoboži, while the more advanced Hussites were soon known as the Taborites, from the city of Tabor that became their centre.

Under the influence of his brother Sigismund, king of the Romans, King Wenceslaus endeavoured to stem the Hussite movement.

A certain number of Hussites, led by Nicholas of Huss, no relation of John Huss, left Prague.

There were troubles at Tabor also, where a more advanced party opposed Žižka's authority.

Bohemia obtained a temporary respite when, in 1422, Prince Sigismund Korybutowicz of Poland became for a short time ruler of the country.

His authority was recognized by the Utraquist nobles, the citizens of Prague, and the more moderate Taborites, including Žižka.

Korybutowicz, however, remained but a short time in Bohemia.