: The sale of "forgiveness" by the Church, which Hus strongly opposed.

Prague was buzzing in the early 1400s. In the Bethlehem Chapel, a preacher named was doing something scandalous—he was preaching in the Czech language instead of Latin. Among the crowd sat Marek, a young apprentice blacksmith. He listened as Hus spoke against the luxury of the Catholic Church and the way rich bishops lived while the poor went hungry. Marek watched as the tension grew:

: When news of the execution reached Prague, the people were furious. They took up arms, following leaders like the one-eyed general Jan Žižka .

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: The radical wing of the movement, named after their base at Mount Tabor.

: Jan Hus was called to the Council of Constance to defend his views. Despite being promised safety, he was arrested and burned at the stake in 1415.

: The defensive tactic that allowed Hussite peasants to defeat professional knight armies.

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