page_title: Taborites
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Taborites / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of arms of the hussite town Tabor in Bohemia until 1437
context_page_description: The Taborites, known by their enemies as the Picards, were a Radical Hussite faction within the Hussite movement in medieval Lands of the Bohemian Crown.
  Although most of the Taborites were of rural origin, they played a major role in the city of Tábor's union. Taborite politics were also encroached upon by their very radical priests. The most important Taborites included the governors Jan Žižka of Trocnov, Mikuláš of Hus, Bohuslav of Švamberk, Chval Řepický of Machovice, Jan Roháč of Dubá and the priest Prokop Holý. The main center of the association was the town of Tábor.
context_section_description: The Taborites were centered on the Bohemian city of Tábor during the Hussite Wars in the 15th century. The religious reform movement in Bohemia splintered into various religious sects. Besides the Taborites, these included the Adamites, Orebites, Sirotci ("Orphans"), Utraquists and Praguers. Because the revolution's impetus came from the burning of John Hus, for the purpose of simplicity many writers have put most of these sects under the umbrella term of "Hussites".
  Taborite theology represented one of the most radical departures from that of the medieval Catholic Church. They rejected what they called a veneer of corruption in the Church and insisted on the normativeness of biblical authority. Even though Taborite theologians were versed in scholastic theology, they were among the first intellectuals to break free from centuries-old scholastic methods.
caption: Coat of arms of the hussite town Tábor in Bohemia until 1437
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