12) Hradec Kralove. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in the 10th cent., it was a leading town of medieval Bohemia. It suffered heavily in the Hussite and Thirty Years wars. The town became a Roman Catholic bishopric...

13) Tabor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tabor in Palestine, it became the stronghold of the Taborites, the extreme wing of the Hussites. Tabor retains the round tower of a 13th-century castle, many old...

14) Cheb. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...into Bohemia in 1322 by John of Luxemburg. The city, which suffered greatly during the Hussite Wars, retained a privileged status until the 16th cent. Industrialization...

15) Plzen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...city was an important Bohemian trade center. It remained a stronghold of Catholicism in the Hussite Wars (15th cent.) and served briefly (1633-34) as the headquarters...

16) Reformation. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...After his death his followers in Bohemia upheld his cause in the long and bitterly fought Hussite Wars. These dwindled into compromise, but Huss's challenge to the...

17) Brno. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...it a free city by royal decree in 1243, and Brno flourished in the 13th and 14th cent. In the Hussite Wars it sided with the Roman Catholic Church. The city was besieged...

18) Czech Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Czechs do not profess a religion, about 40% are Roman Catholic. There is also a substantial Hussite minority and a smaller group belonging to the Orthodox Church....

19) Bohemia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...but his defeat by Rudolf I of Hapsburg cost Bohemia all his conquests. 4 Golden Age and Hussite WarsAfter the Premyslide line became extinct (1306), John of Luxemburg...

20) Wenceslaus, Holy Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Huss, but pressure from Sigismund, then German king, and the rise of the radical Hussite leader John Zizka cooled his feelings toward the Hussites. The reform...