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My brother asked me for a picture of Hussite Wars so I thought I might as well do something like that in Hetalia style.

The characters you can see in the picture top row: Upper Lusatia (with his raven Krabat), England, Hungary, Holy Rome, Austria, Saxony, Brandenburg, Lower Lusatia (hiding behind her shield), Bavaria and Serbian despotate.

Middle row: Papal states (represented by South Italy - Romano), Teutonicc Knights (Prussia) and Hussites (Czech).

Bottom row: Lithuania and Poland.

A bit of history:

Hussite wars were a series of military conflicts in Bohemia where the Hussites revolted against Catholic Church. It all began after the Bohemian Christian reformer Jan Hus was burn on a pyre by Catholic Church for heresy. (Hus didn't like that the Catholic priests only took money and stuff from people and sold them papers with forgiveness. He pointed out that the priests were greedy and wanted to changed it, so they called him a heretic.)

Upon Jan Hus' death, the Hussites threw seven of Prague's city council members out of the window, where they were impaled on the spears, pikes and anything sharp that the people in the crowd under the window were holding (this event is know as the first Prague defenestration) they forced Catholic German priests out of the cities, etc. The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund got a permission from pope to launch a crusade against Hussites. The crusader came from all over Europe, but failed. So did the second crusade, the third, the fourth and the fifth one failed as well. Even Joan of Arc threatened to wage war against Hussites, but she didn't do it in the end. The Hussites were lead by Jan Žižka, one of the most famous war leaders in Czech history.

Hussites were somewhat aided by Poland and Lithuania and Jan Žižka even offered Bohemian crown to the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas, who accepted, under tha condition that the Hussites should return to the Catholic church... which didn't happen and Vytautas didn't become a king of Bohemia.

Eventually the Hussites also fought against each other, because some factions (I think it was the Taborites) became too radical and they were basically medieval religious communists. You can read more into in on the internet.

The Hussite religion remained for two more centuries until the battle on the White Mountain and the Thirty Years' War (which by the way was also started by a defenestration in Prague... the third one, I think). With centuries of Habsburg rule and the fact that nowadays the Czech Republic is the third most atheist country in the world, the Hussite religious traditions only remain in Moravian Church, Unity of the Brethren and refounded Hussite churches.

Interesting fact: It is said that at some point the Hussites were so feared that when the crusaders heard the sound of their war wagons and a choir singing their famous war song "Ktož jsú boží bojovníci", they turned and ran away.

To this day "Ktož jsú boží bojovníci" (Ye who are the God's warriors) is one of the oldest preserved Czech songs. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPy0T… )

Another interesting fact: Jan Hus' quote "Super omnia vincit veritas" (Truth prevails over everything) became a national motto of the Czech Republic: "Pravda vítězí!" (Truth prevails!)

And one more interesting fact: I don't know how valid this information is, but at school they taught us that Hussites invented war wagons... and so far the Wikipedia says the same so... ye, the Hussites probably invented war wagons.

Description

My brother asked me for a picture of Hussite Wars so I thought I might as well do something like that in Hetalia style.

The characters you can see in the picture top row: Upper Lusatia (with his raven Krabat), England, Hungary, Holy Rome, Austria, Saxony, Brandenburg, Lower Lusatia (hiding behind her shield), Bavaria and Serbian despotate.

Middle row: Papal states (represented by South Italy - Romano), Teutonicc Knights (Prussia) and Hussites (Czech).

Bottom row: Lithuania and Poland.

A bit of history:

Hussite wars were a series of military conflicts in Bohemia where the Hussites revolted against Catholic Church. It all began after the Bohemian Christian reformer Jan Hus was burn on a pyre by Catholic Church for heresy. (Hus didn't like that the Catholic priests only took money and stuff from people and sold them papers with forgiveness. He pointed out that the priests were greedy and wanted to changed it, so they called him a heretic.)

Upon Jan Hus' death, the Hussites threw seven of Prague's city council members out of the window, where they were impaled on the spears, pikes and anything sharp that the people in the crowd under the window were holding (this event is know as the first Prague defenestration) they forced Catholic German priests out of the cities, etc. The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund got a permission from pope to launch a crusade against Hussites. The crusader came from all over Europe, but failed. So did the second crusade, the third, the fourth and the fifth one failed as well. Even Joan of Arc threatened to wage war against Hussites, but she didn't do it in the end. The Hussites were lead by Jan Žižka, one of the most famous war leaders in Czech history.

Hussites were somewhat aided by Poland and Lithuania and Jan Žižka even offered Bohemian crown to the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas, who accepted, under tha condition that the Hussites should return to the Catholic church... which didn't happen and Vytautas didn't become a king of Bohemia.

Eventually the Hussites also fought against each other, because some factions (I think it was the Taborites) became too radical and they were basically medieval religious communists. You can read more into in on the internet.

The Hussite religion remained for two more centuries until the battle on the White Mountain and the Thirty Years' War (which by the way was also started by a defenestration in Prague... the third one, I think). With centuries of Habsburg rule and the fact that nowadays the Czech Republic is the third most atheist country in the world, the Hussite religious traditions only remain in Moravian Church, Unity of the Brethren and refounded Hussite churches.

Interesting fact: It is said that at some point the Hussites were so feared that when the crusaders heard the sound of their war wagons and a choir singing their famous war song "Ktož jsú boží bojovníci", they turned and ran away.

To this day "Ktož jsú boží bojovníci" (Ye who are the God's warriors) is one of the oldest preserved Czech songs. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPy0T… )

Another interesting fact: Jan Hus' quote "Super omnia vincit veritas" (Truth prevails over everything) became a national motto of the Czech Republic: "Pravda vítězí!" (Truth prevails!)

And one more interesting fact: I don't know how valid this information is, but at school they taught us that Hussites invented war wagons... and so far the Wikipedia says the same so... ye, the Hussites probably invented war wagons.