Count Jan Žižka
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Holy Roman Empire, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Žižka’s innovations in military organization and weapons were directly responsible for the success of the Hussite revolution; they spelled the end of the medieval system of mounted knights.
Early Life
Jan Žižka was born in Trocnov, Bohemia, probably sometime around 1360. Trocnov was twelve miles southeast of Budweis (modern České Budějovice), in Czechoslovakia, and only a few miles north of the modern Austrian border. The region south of Trocnov was populated mostly by Germans, and Budweis was controlled by them. Žižka was...
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