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The Hussite Wars 1419–36
Author(s): Stephen Turnbull (Author), Angus McBride (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing
- Publication Date: May 25, 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 48 pages
- ISBN-10: 1841766658
- ISBN-13: 9781841766652
Book Description
In 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemia. His death led within a few years to the ‘Hussite’ revolution against the monarchy, the German aristocracy and the Church establishment. For two decades the largely peasant Hussite armies successfully defied a series of international ‘crusades’; they owed many of their victories to the charismatic general Jan Zizka, and his novel tactical methods based on the use of ‘war wagons’. This remarkable episode in medieval warfare is remembered not only as the Czech national epic, but as an important forerunner to the wars of the Reformation the following century.
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About the Author
Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world’s leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War.
Angus McBride was one of the world’s most respected historical illustrators, and contributed to over 100 Osprey titles over several decades.