Battle of Lipany - Hussite Wars 1419-1434 - European Wars of Religion DOCUMENTARY

Although the Catholic Church and the Pope had a dominant presence in the European politics, they were not unchallenged and the Western Schism allowed many movements to arise in Europe. The works of the English philosopher and theologian John Wycliffe influenced many, among them Jan Hus of Bohemia. His supporters- the Hussites soon took over the country and kept the whole of Central Europe in fear for 15 years. Five Crusades were conducted against them, led by the Hungarian king Sigismund I, but the Taborites under Jan Zizka (Žižka) won many battles (Vitkov Hill, Kutna Hora, Vysehrad, and others) using their famous Wagenburg tactics. The Hussites were only defeated at the battle of Lipany (1434) when two main groups within the movement (Taborites and Utraquists) faced each other. The Hussite Wars were important, as they became the harbinger of the Reformation and the European Wars of Religion.
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[@christermi]

First

[@covjekapsurda2673]

will you ever do some wars from modern history?

[@yagzcemmadencioglu1602]

Kings and Generals Ottomans used the tactics of Taborites and even nmed the wagenburg tactic Tabur Cengi it means Taborite Warfare but ottomans mixed their cavalry superiority hit and tun tactics and faigned retreat to drive the enemy into artillery range after that azabs would open sideways and the hidden artillery would begin to hit the enemy. It is really suprising to see how ottomans used this tactic and perfected it with cavalry great video keep up the good work

[@covjekapsurda2673]

well I wasnt thinking about some kind of mainstream modern history like ww1/2 etc. but more like Algerian - Morrocan Sand War, Shaba 1/2 Conflicts, Indian-pakistani wars etc

[@CptSquirrel]

If you are the ruler of so many lands and bearer of so many titles, your hands are bound to experience a lot of shit.

[@corentinrobin3513]

7:40 The first gangster drive by in history. How badass is that.

[@andreimorar5249]

Corentin Robin yeah, some even consider that the first, even if primitive, form of a tank ever used in combat.

[@itherius389]

That's what I was thinking: "Wait, did he just invent tanks?!"

[@flynn659]

Watch it with Thomas the tank engine music

[@michaelmoore4043]

Corentin Robin h

[@davea.9927]

Lol!

[@MikeGill87]

Well, as a Czech with a degree in history from a Czech college, I gotta say I'm impressed. The Hussite Wars are a complicated subject every Czech pupil (from middle school to uni) hates, because it's complicated and Czechs are proud of it, thus spend a lot of time teaching it to every single youngster in a lot of detail. I have to say you did a splendid job in just under 13 minutes. This time I have only two rather insignificant remarks: 1) "Ultraquists" do not have any "L" in the name. In English it's supposed to be "Utraquists" (from Czech "Utrakvisté"). 2) Considering how hard it's to pronounce the Czech names, you did quite a good job, even though "Ř" is obviously a problem, though one I'm used to :-). But that's okay. For the next time I would just point out that Czech pronunciation is practically the same as Latin one (as said last time), therefore the worst sounding word to me was the city of "Jihlava" where the "Peace of Jihlava" was signed. The "J" letter is supposed to sound exactly as "Y" in "yes", not as "J" in "jail". upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Cs-Jihlava.ogg But aside from that, I wasn't able to find any mistakes in your facts and I commend you for your job as you probably weren't taught this subject for your whole childhood and young adulthood as I were. And you were even able to pick the right battles to go into detail with, omitting the less important ones, such as the infamous last "Battle of Lipany" which no Czech teacher would ever omit but I must side with you - its importance is only in it being the last at least a little bit important battle. So, well done, you have my absolute admiration.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir!

[@MikeGill87]

You deserve my praise for a job well done.

[@MUJAHID56787]

very thoughtful comment nice one mike!

[@MikeGill87]

Thank you, Your Highness. :-)

[@stepandolezal7155]

I have noticed a mystake in the beginning. Battle at Vítkov hill was fought in 1420, battle of Vyšehrad took place after that. I also think that Žižka used this charging wagons tactic during Battle of Malešov, which was hussite civil war, but maybe he used the same tactic in several battles. There is also a fun fact, during the battle of Deutchbrod, hussites captured famous polish knight Zavis the Black of Garbow, he was later ransomed by Sigismund.

[@giorgosbookhunter4215]

Jan Zizka was one of the very few military commanders in history to never lose a battle!

[@thor9517]

He led 13 battles and even fought at the front lines. And he was 59 when the Hussite wars started.

[@christiancristof491]

Claystead I'm sorry? Alexander didn't die halfway any war. He died undefeated two years after the end of his TEN year military campaigns, in Babylon. Poisoned.

[@kahlilg9824]

He was so op they had to nerf him by going with the ill equipped peasants instead of the knights on horseback.

[@dadude4960]

@@christiancristof491 he said one of few, you smart ass

[@dlugi4198]

Pff Madlad Radeszky never lost a batttle and died when he was 91.

[@joesphistalin2800]

*A N D T H A T M A D E T H E W A R I N E V I T A B L E* Please never stop saying that, it's one of the best parts of the video.

[@umaransari9765]

It's one of my favourite sentence

[@KingsandGenerals]

We need to make that a thing. :-)

[@joesphistalin2800]

We need to make that a shirt!

[@limon16025]

We need a compilation of every time he says that for an april fools video

[@vancefalls4311]

If war is inevitable, is a victor in war inevitable also? If so, victory would mean peace, even if temporary. Therefore, peace would also be inevitable, right?

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Damn, that tactic of charging the enemy on moving wagons while firing artillery was genius.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, probably used for the first time, can't remember any other instances.

[@slavekfoltyn9678]

It's more like later naval tactics used by English against French&Spanish fleets

[@vaclavkodousek804]

It's correct that we Czechs are proud of Hussites and some of us even consider them heroes. But they were also brutes who massacred innocent people. We shouldn't forget that.Jan Žižka was probably one of the best generals from the Czech lands and I am very happy you made a video about this era. :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Well, thanks for watching and being so mature about it. :-)

[@Yetizrach]

I would like more Polish-Czech Commonwealth instead of Polish-Lithuanian one. Hussites were badass. Their style of fighting was inspiration for Czech Legion during WW I ?

[@vaclavkodousek804]

That might be true. I know about armored trains, which were used by Czechoslovak Legions in USSR (after the revolution). That is basically the same as Wagenburg tactics.

[@viktorpal3571]

In WW1 Austro-Hungary was famous of his armored trains, and Germany probably used that too, so yeah, the Czech used it.

[@PeklyCZ]

I would say, that fighting style was more a necessity, then isnpiration from Hussites. legions were fighting on trans-syberian railway, so i was cruccialy important to hold it for sake of logistic.

[@squaredup1800]

Žižka is my hero and I'm not even Czech! I'm really glad you made a video featuring him and his battles. He may well be one of the greatest military innovators in history, as well as one of the few generals who virtually never lost a pitched battle. It's also important to note that he didn't care much about glory, land, or titles, and fought because of genuine belief in the Hussite cause. After his death his men called themselves "sirotci" (Orphans) as they felt as if though they'd lost a father.

[@eugenohanka]

Yes "sirotci" (orphans). Eventually they were locked in the barn and burned. It was only fair, they did it many times with civilians. "sirotci" were Bohemians IS.

[@mdmahbubulalam2170]

zizka was such an awesome and innovative general....too bad we dont heard about him more often in the history.

[@MarkoFTW]

To be hoonest, in some parts of Serbian culture, term ziska represents awesome person, quite inspirational, great one. That may come from the general, or from the basic of the name, representing the spark of flame, if you translate Ziska into english.

[@verycasul]

the wars that he was involved were not known by people, even though Zizka was one of the few peoples that never taste defeat in war

[@eugenohanka]

He probably taste defeat in Grunwald or before the Bohemian knights start with Teutonic Order. By the way Husits were IS or Boho Haram of 15 century

[@meltybagle]

I only heard the man few years ago from a Japanese comic, I was shocked to everything he did, sadly the comic is not famous as well :

[@verycasul]

meltybagle Otome Sensou right? yeah, i read that too

[@lifegavemelimes7269]

who needs mounted knights in expensive armor when you have mofuggin WAGONS!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Well, first the pikemen, then the wagons and tercios completely negated the knightly armies. :-)

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Funny enough, there were more than few instances in history when cavalry just break through wagenburg just by simply ramming the wagons with chests of their horses. Wagon-fort tactic is really a high-risk high reward stuff since almost always when the ring of wagons gets penetrated it was usually ending up with a total slaughter of the defenders.

[@Enkabard]

+Kamil Szadkowski If you think about it, that even doesn't make much sense logically. How would horse push a cart weighting far more than himself against the direction wheels could turn to. Theoretically even if they blinded the horse and he would run full speed into cargo-wall, he would be mortally wounded and the cart would still be obstacle even though it would be damaged or turned to side. That's a waste of horse and manpower as rider would hardly survive impact too. But hey, maybe i'm wrong and doing kamikaze was really common back than, i would like to see some example though.

[@00Trademark00]

Kamil: Are you sure? I cannot imagine a horse willingly charging a solid block of wood which is even guarded by pikemen. The war horses might have been trained to do things normal horses wouldn't do (normal horses would run away from battle immediately) but only humans can be brainwashed enough to willingly commit suicide.

[@wochomejteqvychechtlee1384]

@@kamilszadkowski8864 first rule of the wagon fort strategy: wagons have to be on the hill.. that way the horses never brake through

[@LadislavHruska]

Hussite wars were chaotic mess. There were not just two sides, but many. Hussites themselves organised into several independent parties: (1) Prague with few other cities like Kutná Hora, (2) more radical Tábor, (3) even more radical East Bohemian union, (4) union of north-west Bohemian cities. Catholics kept control of several regions, cities and castles. Hussites fought among themselves, against the Catholics, together with Catholics against foreign intrusions, in ever changing combinations. It was horror time, comparable with Thirty Years' War destruction. Human losses are estimated between 30 - 70%. Plague epidemics and recurrent bad harvests did help. Where I live there was conflict between two villages. One village (owned by Hussite warlord) had learned that people from the nearby Catholic village robbed passing by merchants. True or not, enraged villagers armed themselves and attacked the village of the robbers. Those who survived the attack tried to escape, but were caught and hanged up in nearby forest. The forest bears the name "Hanged Man" until these days.

[@KingsandGenerals]

What can I say... Similar happened in France during the Huguenot wars.

[@LadislavHruska]

I would add one small note to the video: there wasn't single dominating cause for the war (the religious mess). It was more a result of "perfect storm" of multiple problems. Lucrative south-north trade routes switched to go through France in late 14th century. Period of bad weather coincided with the wars. Generation before the war, ambitious Emperor Charles IV overextended resources of the country by his imperial and construction projects. His less than competent son Wenceslaus was unable to prevent violent conflicts between his brothers. His need for money devaluated the coinage to the point of pauperizing low nobility, this pushed them to brigandry. Sigismund's habit to show iron fist (like ordering to burn merchant-early Hus supporter in Wroclaw in 1420) made his enemies more resolute. Economic and societal collapse led to crazy millennialism before and during early phases of the war. Some peasants burned down their huts and left for some hill, expecting Second coming. Then they took up the arms, and even women among them fought.

[@EmporerAaron]

As with any war, religion, or conflict, you always have more then two sides at play, with the reasons being just as numerous.

[@ISnikerSI]

Sapkowski (that guy who create the witcher series) wrote great historical-adventure books about this times, The Hussite Trilogy. I recommend to check it out.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I have read the first two books, not bad at all.

[@CptSquirrel]

I should really read them, but I'm stuck on the last 30 pages of Lady of the lake. I'm not sure I could live on knowing the witcher is now in the past of my life, just "completed, done". The only thing after that would be the netflix series and I'm not so optimistic.

[@Pidalin]

I like that books, it's like Witcher, but more advanced. First book is little boring, but next books are very good. And it's very realistic (ofcourse it's fantasy) because Sapkowski saying they was all motherfuckers, catholics, hussites and everyone else, just murdering scum. :-D

[@martinpotucek6835]

One of my all time favorites. I like it more than the Witcher.

[@pavel6688]

@@CptSquirrel It actually quite different from the Witcher, also by the writing style. The greatest feature of the Hussite Trylogy is indeed a very detailed and true picture of the Hussite movement - although there are some fantasy elements, it actually captures the spirit of this age very well. Sapkowski can nicely connect his fabrications with actual historical events and his in-depth research.

[@MalayArcher]

Kingdom Come Deliverence vibe anyone ;)?

[@anotherone7877]

Malay Archer yup

[@gerrystreet1745]

Jesus Christ be praised

[@leeenfield9598]

HEY HENRY COME TO SEE US

[@billibob68]

god save you henry!

[@mitch9347]

Yaaaaas

[@martinzyka6432]

Desire to build Vozová hradba intensifies!! 11/10

[@KingsandGenerals]

Desire to become Prague Elite intensifies. :-)

[@dana696danass6]

easy to do mate .... step one move to prague, step two dring 150 litres of beer a year....

[@KingsandGenerals]

I am half way there then. :-)

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

dana696dana Ss I was told that 2 glasses of milk would suffice. I have been cheated.

[@dana696danass6]

no that is becoming a swedish feminist elite dude...

[@TheSirNikos]

Best history channel on KZbin. Thanks for the great content MY LORD (/bow)!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir. :-)

[@umaransari9765]

Nicktwr I agree

[@madsrolstad1664]

Historia Civilis is better in my opinion.

[@barcod11]

Why didn't you cover Henry of skalitz? he's a good lad

[@straussenberg286]

Imagine how great it would be if Warhorse studio makes Kingdom Come II based on husite wars and give Henry opportunity to influence John Capon and other lords to either support hussites or catholics and emperor Sigidmund of Luxembourg, and give opportunity to meet famous history figures like Jan Zizka z Trocnova 😊

[@macobuzi]

Yes, and they should add guns into the game

[@Clemens.]

​@@macobuzi aged like fine milk

[@omarsohal926]

Watching this channel while dining is my favorite activity in life

[@hasstillero7053]

Interesting thing: A lot of Hussites were just farmers etc., so the usually used weapons were pichtfork, scythe or just long stick with iron top (otherwise used for beating crops), this arsenal allowed to reach from behind the wagons to the enemy whos were usually knight with shorter weapons like swords, axes and so on...

[@hasstillero7053]

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[@ondrejrolnik1631]

Pitchfork and scythe things are mostly communist propaganda :) (They viewed them as "proto communists" and had to make sure they were as much "common people" as possible). But yeah, flails, gisarmes, etc. were remade farmer tools.

[@hasstillero7053]

Ok, I didn't know that, thanks !

[@MikeGill87]

Agreed to Ondřej and one comment on your use of the "knights" word: There were very few knights (nobles) in these battles, and if so, they usually never stepped down from their horses. Main body of the crusader armies at this time were foreign mercenaries, but yeah, professional soldiers from all over Europe, with swords and halberds.

[@iglidor]

Ondřej Rolník: Actualy scythes were used. Altough not as scythes but as spears where they bent edge of scythe forward. Same with pitchforks and other things. But those were not weapons of choice. Those were things they used when they had no other weapons because no matter how much wooden pitchfork sucks at dealing with armored knight, it is better then nothing. After each battle, if they could, they scoured battlefield and "upgraded" from their repurposed farming tools to actual spears, halberds and anything else they could get their hands on. Only thing that really caught on was farming flail which proved to be more effective against armored knights then many other weapons of that time.

[@paulcateiii]

hard to believe it's almost been two years since I discovered this channel - one of my favorites, keep up the great, high quality work

[@jamesk8730]

This channel is quickly becoming one of my favourites on youtube.

[@lukezuzga6460]

Favorite part of my Sundays!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Same here, we love presenting new videos to you guys.

[@lukezuzga6460]

Kings and Generals Thx Fellas!

[@umaransari9765]

Luke Zuzga best part of week when I see Kings and Generals notification

[@lukezuzga6460]

Umar Ansari Well said.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

A nice change of pace from the Mongol series.

[@miraculousduke]

Ha ha what a fool name

[@KingsandGenerals]

The thing is, it is actually not, the next Mongol episode happens very close to these lands. :-)

[@jameswilson2815]

Excellent job! Such a concise description. I appreciated the fact that you have the years of the events change as you explain it. I'm hooked on your channel. Thanks again.

[@todtod3192]

*Kingdome Come Deliverance*

[@gothstar14]

HENRY HAS COME TO SEE US

[@todtod3192]

God Bless

[@Pidalin]

Your speech: 16, my speech: 20, so that doesn't work here :-D you must pay and give me all stolen things :-D

[@remi6820]

OMG thank you thank you for this amazing video. Greetings from Czech republic.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hey, Reamey, thanks for watching! :-)

[@gianlucaborg195]

Liked before watching. I guaranteed it would he good and half way in, it is. Was researching into this period of Bohemian history in relation to protestantism. Keep it up, very detailed and accurate

[@MikeGill87]

Yeah, it's a very complicated and not at all "black-and-white" topic, as in many battles part of the protestants actually sided with the catholics. And don't get me started on what the populace thought at the time, town from town, city from city, noble from noble...

[@gianlucaborg195]

The Tactic of feigning retreat would some 380 years later be used at Austerlitz. I also loved the 'scraps of paper' bits of information. They add flavor to the videos, like pepper. Keep them at this length as they are quicker to read and they also give insight to the events following these battles and events. Keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vinodvarghese78]

Interesting to see this channel very extensively on this topic. Great work as usual.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@umerawan2834]

You guys never fail to amaze us with your creativity, research and videos ! Keep this up man !

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate it! :-)

[@mechielvanderhoeven9983]

Just pledged finally. Awesome as always. Hope to see more from European Wars of Religion

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for your support!

[@mechielvanderhoeven9983]

It was about time :)

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I don't know how you guys don't have more subscribers! amazing videos! Keep up the amazing work.

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I like the new ending features! Congrats on your weekly basis, you guys are improving thid channel to the best!

[@inmyelement8822]

subscribed and donated! these are really insightful :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@MyYTwatcher]

Nice video about very complicated wars. Thank you for it. Zizka is considered by many as one of the greatest warlords of all times. He would probably deserve special separate video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! Agreed! If we ever start doing biography style videos, he will be surely covered.

[@kalashnikov5038]

These videos keep getting better and better.

[@WhiteZorin]

Oh you are moving now to my best and beloved topics...Mongols, Teutons and now Hussites. These are great and interesting topics and as always it's hard to exhaust them in few minutes, therefore it's worth mentioning further reading :) great job with putting this to a bigger picture with refetences to reformation and religious split!

[@michaldvorak2501]

As a czech, im extremely gratefull, for tackling this topic :) great job as always. Love your channel. Btw, excellent pronunciation

[@Vitalis94]

It's a shame that Jogaila didn't help you guys. He toyed with the idea, as Sigismund was an enemy of his, but in the end the cooperation with Hussites was brief, as the king feared to be associated with heretics when Teutonic Order was already accusing him of being a pagan.

[@MikeGill87]

Zdar. Hele, nepřeháněj to; ta Jihlava na konci byla hrozná a už tu z toho s K&G děláme tradici, že se handrkujem o výslovnosti. :-) :-)

[@michaldvorak2501]

Mike Gill nejlepší výkon Angličana s češtinou co jsem kdy slyšel. Pochválit se musí

[@Fatihturk0071]

No wonder the Ottomans expanded deep into Europe. Europeans were busy trying to prove which version of Christianity was best.

[@jamestang1227]

Funny story, the some Orthodox Serbs in Belgrade opened the gates for the Ottomans because they thought the catholic Hungarians were worse and less tolerant than the Muslim Turks.

[@Fatihturk0071]

Ah i did not know that, the more you know eh? thank you for the information

[@danialfitri9618]

Turkknight123 well that not to mention the ottoman involve actively in European affairs. They observe closely the situasion in Europe. The ottoman even support the protestant in their war. A short read from wikipedia title Protestantism and Islam should give a rough idea about ottoman involvement in this following religious war.

[@RedbadofFrisia]

James Tang In my country there is a saying: "rather turkish than papist." I think that is the same sentiment, though we never dealt with the Ottomans other than at seas.

[@Fatihturk0071]

Wow, did not know that. All these even caused the Ottomans to expand right upon the gates of Vienna. Can you imagine what if Vienna fell? It would of been a big blow to the European states...

[@davea.9927]

Sunday's here! I'm always excited for these new vids.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for being with us! :-)

[@austin-9132]

I really like the fun facts at the end, and as always great video!

[@GGG1113331]

Your videos about the history of the Czech lands (Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia) and of central Europe are great. Make more!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will consider, thanks for watching. :-)

[@dorzsboss]

After Hussite wars czech soldiers were ranked the highest in europe. Hunyadi also had many of them in his army and he learned the usage of wagons from them.

[@dlugi4198]

Well he did lose to them decisively, :D It shows strength of character to accept those who are turn in your ass and learn from them. Also, Bohemians and Hussite mercenaries were the most important part in the best army of its time under his son Corvinus.

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

Another example of Great content that should get you to the top of the KZbin subscription league!!!😅😀

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hopefully. :-)

[@davidhughes8357]

Very good once again. Thank you!

[@moe081997]

Please feature the Thirty Years War and the birth of Westphalia Treaty :') Nice vid as always mate!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! This video is a great entry point to the other Religious Wars.

[@religionofpeaceturningyoui3810]

I must say that the animations become more and impressive!

[@PokeDunya]

You dont become an empire in a day

[@TheSirNikos]

Rome wasn't built in a day

[@RG-ql1ub]

After watching your other videos, you seriously ought to be commended for your learning and acuity. Just visit any public library and you would notice that these wars are covered in volumes. Your ability to summarize the central themes and present them via key events with easy-to-follow narratives bring these historical lessons afresh. Thank you.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir. That is our goal: to present a clear picture and become a gateway for those willing to learn. :-)

[@brokenbridge6316]

Great video. It was quite an epic to watch. Thanks to whoever made this video a reality.

[@atiyldrm2308]

Jan Zizka is definetely one of the greatest leaders and unmatched generals in history. What a great man! Loves from Turkey to Czech brothers. 🇨🇿❤️🇹🇷

[@saiien2]

You did a great job. I understand that pronounciation of czech names and locations was not quite easy :D Greetings from Czech republic. You could do a video about Battle of White mountain. The most crushing defeat for Czechs and 300 years of Habsburg rule in Bohemia.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, will consider!

[@sebastiaan30]

Great episode guys.As always! love your channel and can't wait till the episode(s) about the Dutch Republic!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! This war is a great entry point to the 80/30 Years' War, so hopefully, we will soon move in that direction. :-)

[@ZlejChleba]

Thanks for this episode! If you mentioned the battle at Domazlice, it would have been absolutely marvelous, but even like this it was a pleasure to watch :)

[@KrzychuGamingPL]

Very catching and thrilling, yet informative, awesome! #žižkabestgeneral

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@evzenvarga9707]

Good video! I am Czech and this is on of my favorite parts of our history. Like

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@eugenohanka]

What specifically burning of Bistric, Usti, Znojmo, ... or burning down the Barn with sirotci?

[@evzenvarga9707]

Eugen Ohanka Every nation did that in their history at least Czechs done something about the corrupted Catholic Church

[@Joe-qw5im]

Another fantastic video from you guys!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@postman3640]

Very well made, as usual, I appreciate the more pragmatic approach to the topic than let's say game KCD and was pleasantly surprised about pronunciations in Czech, the narrator has a bonus points for that one :D, seriously tho u guys are getting better and better.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir, that is the plan! :-)

[@gerrystreet1745]

Where is Henry ?

[@naufalfarris8599]

Henry is currently eating on a stranger pot

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

Occupying Paris, didn't you see the map. Henry V right? No? Damn.

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

Ruby Doobie nooo, Henry, a peasant boy, son of a blacksmith :)

[@JVitezslav]

Henry should be fictional, but you can find something about Jindřich - it's Czech variation for Henry

[@tomaszkrawczyk9344]

Still hungry

[@fourlamb1]

Where's Henry and Sir Radzig when you need them?! Very interesting video though mate! Nice one lad!

[@curiousponderings]

Hardstyle Dom91 at least sir Divish was there

[@janvesely3279]

Do you remember that dickhead noble with whom Henry went hunting and was pushed to become a friend. Soon after Henry's story (in 1404) he had his firstborn son. His name was Hynek, the Birdie, of Pirkstein (the castle over Rattay). He was one of the utraquist generals in the battle of Lipany and became the leading personality of the kingdome and the de-facto ruler who negotiated the peace in the country. So, while Sigismund had only a daugther and her only child child (boy) died in 18 years of age, the country was in need of the new royal family. But Hynek became ill and died prematurely. That's why George of Poděbrady, Hynek young protegé became Czech king.

[@fourlamb1]

Derick Kasich He's got a silver tongue that good gentleman!

[@fourlamb1]

Jan Veselý Is this history? Very interesting If so!

[@janvesely3279]

Real history, sorry for typos.

[@dana696danass6]

as a czech and somebody who is very much in to the hussite era i can only say.... exelent job one of the best hussite docs in english i ever saw, very well done , i would love if you went bit more in depth but..... great job....

[@DeabBoss]

Nice to see you, Henry!

[@calwsoo1154]

Kingdom Come Deliverance II

[@Dan19870]

More likely DLC.

[@tomasr.]

There would be a lot of historical material for the second part of the game.

[@Aaaabdubjkvrddghm53]

DLC is sadly about a female protagonist.

[@00Trademark00]

@ Biggus Dickus What's wrong about that? I doubt Warhorse will have a swashbuckling heroine who slashes her way through hordes of enemies twice their size and physical strength. This will not be a game about Henry in a skirt. Most likely the DLC will be consist of diplomacy, subterfuge, manipulation and perhaps a bit of dagger and cloak, maybe seduction. Those are the things actual pre-modern women employed to achieve their goals (some very successfully - Theodora is a nice example of someone rising from a "lowly courtesan" to a an empress of the Eastern Roman empire). Having a female character in a medieval world which responds to her the way the medieval world would respond to a female character could actually be a lot of fun. It will play more like a traditional adventure game with some RPG elements mixed in (though even in the regular KC:D you can avoid most fights). I'm really looking forward to that expansion.

[@mrshootinputin7251]

This makes me wish Age of Empires II and Medieval II total war had a Hussite War Campaign.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, I'd love to play that!

[@ukulele177]

You can look at custom campaigns for Aoe2 at Steam, I think I saw one.

[@baristika]

what says you now?

[@mahriz6646]

You got it :D

[@paternaaoe1478]

Good news guys, the hussites are coming to the game!

[@captainfloppa790]

Another amazing video! Keep up the good content!

[@Enkabard]

Loved it so much. Watching your videos i can always count it will be great and this is no exception. Many thanks for covering this topic, i have been waiting for it like for christmas :) PS: Great job with pronunciation, surprised how well you spell out things!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@00Trademark00]

A great video. It is also worth mentioning that not all Czechs became Hussites (of any kind). Parts of the country remained Catholic, most notably Plzeň/Pilsen (the largest city of West Bohemia...also the place where Pils beer originaly comes from, but that's much later history :-) ). More precisely, Pilsen allied itself with the Hussites at the very beginning and then flipped sides to support the Catholics and king/emperor Sigismund. Hussites laid siege to Pilsen for that but they never succeeded in conquering the city and during one of the Pilseners' raids into their camp they even lost a prized gift from the Polish king - a live camel. The camel has since then been a part of the city's coat of arms. Still, even as a Pilsener I have to admit the Hussites were pretty amazing warriors and Žižka was brilliant general who foreshadowed the pike-and-shot warfare with his Wagenburg tactics. However, they were religious fanatics (the Taborites especially) and the Hussite wars devastated the country and ultimately made it much easier for the Habsburgs to eventually dominate central Europe and the Empire.

[@m00rtin4]

fantastic video. never heard about this war before. very well done.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@aasimulhaq2354]

One of the best videos by #kingsandgenerals ,love your videos..

[@edatercharles5566]

history is a fascinating subject

[@playboygoss]

Make a video about Skanderbeg please !

[@bobbulat1393]

Thank you for the video

[@Rex1987]

such good work in terms of research and giving new perspective - and officiallydevin does excellent work as a narrator :-)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir! :-) indeed, Devin rocks. :-)

[@rygartilham4854]

continue the mongol series pls. Please make a video about the Mamluks vs the Mongols

[@kiras3442]

Just loved how u pronounced Vytautas xd.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hopefully, didn't butcher it too much.

[@eklezia2829]

Amazing video as always !!! Unpatiently waiting your Safavid video :))

[@Fatihturk0071]

another fantastic video!

[@Lardon2]

Awesome video presenting the unknown in Western Europe and America Hussite Wars, which were annonciating pre-protestant movements. I highly recommend to read Andrzej Sapkowski's (autor of great Witcher stories) historical novels, available in Polish and German, intitled Narrenturm, Bozy Wojownicy and Lex Perpetua. ;) They are awesome and well written!

[@KingsandGenerals]

The novels in question are fine. :-) To be honest, I am not a big fan of what they call "historical mysticism", but Sapkowski is very good.

[@Lardon2]

^^ Really, your vids could be published by public TV Arte, like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnLZmY1jpdmaqNE

[@Synystr7]

7:28 Are you kidding? A land broadside? What. a. badass.

[@edmondajazaj2210]

With your videos I am learning history. Thank you for that.You are really King of history. I Respect you.

[@ZoomZip]

Superb production as usual. I love your videos!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you. We love your comments!

[@ondrap1845]

Never clicked anything faster

[@jamestang1227]

Oh medieval Popes, when will you stop fighting over who's pope and actually do your job and be a good Christian?

[@scutumfidelis1436]

James Tang I'd rather have these popes than the ones that kiss Muslim feet Tbh.

[@nantzstein3311]

The religion of love that invented "the sacred wars" and the word "Infidels" = trinitarian Christianity

[@GAndreC]

Sacred wars and infidels are pre christian concepts it is right there in any bible

[@nantzstein3311]

Non-Agglutinative Krenak prove it to me.

[@GAndreC]

The old testament the practice of anathema during the conquest of Canaan. Christianity was not a concept that time if you want examples outside of bible plenty are there anywhere people existed if anything change infidel to forreigner/barbarian every now and then for the most civilized cultures where religion had a backfoot

[@Ulas_Aldag]

Damn boy, just read yesterday about the hussite war and today you upload this.

[@baltichammer6162]

Excellent video! I'd heard of Jon Huss and his issue with the Vatican but had no idea of all this other activity. Very interesting. Goood job!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@HxH2011DRA]

Damn, these guys sound badass!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, the Hussites were a menace. :-)

[@ondrejrolnik1631]

@@VarietyGamerChannel It's not like the catholics didn't do the same pillaging, church-plundering and burning stuff (not only) in hussite wars.

[@andrei1637]

Can you do one with Stefan the Great of Moldova? The guy only suffered 2 losses and I'm really curious about his strategies

[@KingsandGenerals]

Planned. Probably, Vaslui.

[@andrei1637]

You really rock

[@asiandigitalservices6422]

Nice work!!💐

[@kuleropa5437]

Great video guys!

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Ah, shit I can't believe that I missed this video by so many hours. God damn, you're spoiling us Kings&Generals. You packet this video with so much content. Polish delegation to Council of Constance was absolutely outraged by what was done to Jan Hus. They were most likely the only ones to protest. Although the King of Poland - Władysław Jagiełło couldn't accept Czech crown (he was already fighting with Teutonic propaganda portraying him as secret pagan) Poland was secretively supporting the Hussites to the end. Hence their cooperation against the Teutonic Order. BTW, if someone happens to like the history of Hussite Wars I highly recommend the Hussite Trilogy by Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of the Witcher Saga, to everyone who likes real history, good story, dialogues and narrative in one package.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I am 2/3 way through the series. It is great if you are not a purist. :-)

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Do you read fan translations or a official one?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Russian translation.

[@miplev]

That's quite interesting. How come Poland was supporting Husites, when Poland was deeply Catholic and Husite movement was sort of anti-Catholic? It was basically fight for religious freedom as I see it...

[@robertbaron8721]

@@miplev Poles at that time were not particularly extreme, in Poland reformation movements also played a role, In Poland there was much greater religious tolerance- result ethnic composition (Poles, Ruthenians, Lithuanians, Jews, Tatars) The king's attitude strengthened or marginalized the factions, but did not liquidate them, magnates played a large role, Jagiełło tried to maintain a balance in order to strengthen his influence in Poland. The most Catholic kings who came from the Vasa dynasty are a much later period. Why did Jagiełło support the Hussites? Jagiełło was a Lithuanian, a pragmatist is their national trait remaining after dealing with the Mongols. The emperor held the Teutonic Knights' side and played the break-up of the Polish-Lithuanian alliance, he was simply afraid of the growth of the significance of this new political organism. It may only surprise the attitude of Vytautas, who was the "tactical" supporter of the Emperor, he wanted to free Lithuania from the influence of Jagiełło and raise Lithuania to the position of the Kingdom. Jagiełło never forgot the Emperor's attitude undermining the status quo, that is his right to Lithuania. This is the reason why Jagiello did not decide to officially appear against the Emperor, he had Witold behind him, and the Teutonic Order in the north.

[@Revanite001]

Gotta say this Zizka is pretty bad-ass, amazed I haven't heard of him before. Also seems like he pioneered the first drive-by shooting as well xD

[@KingsandGenerals]

So, should we call him a gangster? :-)

[@MotorideTube]

Amazing work man.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@mili6587]

This is very interesting and nicely done!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@harryjackson3867]

I love Sundays now

[@_Ocariao]

me too LOL

[@noodleboi5410]

Hey, Henry's come to see us!

[@KingsandGenerals]

No, I need... a bath.

[@Pidalin]

I must check you for stolen things. Order of sir Hanuš :-D

[@taggebagge]

Currently studying towards three of my exams (Multivariable calculus, databases and Embedded systems), that I am scheduled to have in a week approximately. Very nice to get to watch this as a break :D :D :D Much love.

[@Jean-rs6kl]

Thanks a lot for your work, your KZbin channel is one of the most intersting I know . Could you please learn us more about what really happened during all religious wars through all Europe, please ? I would be glad to learn more, thanks a lot for all your passionating videos about conquistadores wars and all the context, it's a really great work you made, it's great to have facts about these events that are most of the time known through propaganda claims . You're doing a great job guys !

[@SantomPh]

where did the Taborite cavalry go in the last battle?

[@peckinpahsamm]

From what I've read, they had stayed behind the wagons as only a part of the army went to finish the enemy. As they were counter-attacked, they tried to retreat back to safety of the wagons which caused chaos. Some wagons were broken/overturned and the czech nobility then defeated the Taborites.

[@ondrejrolnik1631]

Peasants don't get cavalry and nobility had enough of famine and Taborite fanatics plundering the land, despite the offered peace. So Catholics and non-hardcore utraquist forces teamed up. All nobility (> most of the cavalry) was of course against Taborits.

[@CptSquirrel]

>Watch your mates get massacred >Leave

[@blacklight4720]

According to witcher 3 "They went pick up berries" ;)

[@dana696danass6]

the problem is we have a very little first hand records on how the battle really went.... it is practically impossible to reconstruct what happend, not helped by the fact that the original battlefield was destroyed by strip minig coal... what we do know is that the radicals were somehow trickedin to counter atacking, were isolatedoutside the waggong fort and destroyed with the waggon fort being taken, as for the cav they eather rtreated once they knew the battle is lost or that they had run away at somepoint of the battle due to a treason.... either the way the didnot take much ofa part in the fighting

[@TechnologicZb]

Wow I had no idea about this movement and these wars. Also it seems the most deadly weapon in the 1400s was wagons!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! Indeed, for a moment there they were deadly. But they lacked maneuvrability and were soon replaced by the tercios.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Eh, yes and no. The wagon-fort tactic or Tabor how we call it was improved and used for another few centuries.

[@affanahsan6300]

Great video i see this time it's with some new twists! Keep it up... hope u 200k subscribers!

[@christermi]

A million is enough

[@woodrew5415]

Once again AoE2 brings me an interesting piece of history that I obsessively start looking into. Judging by this videos comments, this seems like a good video to start with