One side in this conflict fathered the so-called wagenburg tactic, an earlier version of a corral involving foot soldiers armed with crossbows and firearms taking on armored knights.
One side in this conflict fathered the so-called wagenburg tactic, an earlier version of a corral involving foot soldiers armed with crossbows and firearms taking on armored knights. The more radical faction in this conflict called for an equitable distribution of land, and advocated a departure from scholastic thought. The conflict began after the death of King Wenceslaus IV and would end with the Battle of Lipany. It included a crusade led by Emperor Sigismund in which his force was defeated at the Battle of Nemecky Brod. After the Catholic defeat, the conflict turned into civil war, as the radical Taborites, led by Prokop, lost to the moderate Utraquist faction. For ten points, identify this series of wars inspired by and named for a religious reformer who was sentenced to death at the Council of Constance.
One side in this conflict fathered the so-called wagenburg tactic, an earlier version of a corral involving foot soldiers armed with crossbows and firearms taking on armored knights.
{Hussite Wars}