Talk:Jan Žižka

message: Most of this article is only average history. I just deleted a paragraph that was very nearly pure myth. If I had time, I would rewrite the article. As it is, I really don't. However, I wrote a fairly long high school research paper on the Hussites which can be found at http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=hussite_effects - I hope some people will use it in this and related articles. 141.157.99.25 01:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: There is written "Reportedly, he lost one eye in a skirmish during the Battle of Grunwald (July 15, 1410), earning him the nickname "John the One-Eyed"". In :cs:Jan Žižka is written that he lost left eye in childhood. The same information is (in Czech) on Hussite, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno or Prague Information Service. There is also no evidence if Žižka really took part in Battle of Grunwald. --Luděk 12:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eye 

message: In 1419 at the First Defenestration of Prague, Žižka headed those who threw the town councillors from the windows of the town hall. 
I am not sure this is correct.  It contradicts the article on the Defenestrations of Prague, which states that a Hussite priest named Jan Zelivsky (not Jan Zizka) headed the defenestation. A quick Google search on both names seems to back this up ...  While Zizka became famous as a general in the Hussite war that followed, I don't think he was involved in the Defenestration itself.  If no one minds, I will amend the paragraph. Blueboar 18:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This site does a good job of deliniating the difference between the two Jans... Based on this I will make the amendation. Blueboar 18:23, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zizka at the Defenestration? 

message: When you said circled like Pioneers of the Old West, I just wanted to say there is no historical record of that ever happening  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonsteelesarmy (talk • contribs) 01:51, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wagons 

message: "The statue has Žižka sitting on the largest horse statue in the world. It is 9 meters or greater than 27 feet tall."
This one, in Cerro Artigas, Minas, Uruguay, is said to be 10 m tall, plus the base
Monumento a Artigas  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yamaplos (talk • contribs) 07:18, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  largest horse statue in the world 

message: "Žižka summarily suppressed some disturbances on the part of a fanatical sect called the Adamites."
Accurate as to "summarily suppressed".  The record indicates that Žižka's troops slayed every man, woman and child in Adamite communities they came across, which appears was also a practice of the Adamites toward other villages. The Adamites were a threat ("disturbances") mostly in the sense that their customs and theology were different - their military action apparently rather similar. Calling them "fanatic" is the kettle calling the pot black... Everybody was very much a fanatic in those days.  yamaplos 07:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adamites line not NPOV 

message: Not sure why its termed 'Anti-Hussite' here. Seems lacking in general perspective. I've never heard the Hussite wars, as a collective of events, referred to as the 'Anti'-Hussite Crusade. Crusades against Catholic heretics had a precedence of being named after the intended target or location such as the Cathar Crusade (Albigensian Crusade). I'm assuming adding anti is an open attempt to emphasis how strongly the church criticized and opposed the Bohemians but I truly don't understand the purpose it serves when we already understand and it is implied that receiving a crusade meant natural animosity with the church.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.141.47 (talk) 09:18, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-Hussite Crusade 

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message: "Žižka is held to be one of the most renowned military leaders by many historians ..."
"Žižka is considered to be among the greatest military leaders and innovators of all time."
"...  some have considered him to be the greatest general in history."
While he revolutionarized warfare, these are incredible claims. One of the most renowned and greatest military leaders and innovators of all time as well as the greatest general of all time? It seems undue. Prinsgezinde (talk) 23:44, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Superlatives and weasel wording

message: This was clearly written by a Czech. Please just write in Czech, and use translators, and then edit it, if need be, rather than trying to write in English. At least translators don't forget basic articles. Gosh 2A00:1028:83AA:33A6:CD5C:789E:EF68:F28D (talk) 16:48, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please use translators