Battle of Prague

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in Hussite Wars. Result: Hussite victory; their rebellion would trouble Bohemian and European politics for the next several decades.

Prague, the capital of the kingdom of Bohemia, had been a city of unrest under King Wenceslas IV, as the Hussites demanded religious and social reform. Wenceslas had long vacillated over whether to support or oppose them. On July 6, 1419, the king appointed anti-Hussite magistrates in the New Town part of Prague.

On Sunday, July 30, after the renegade priest Jan Želivský...

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