Prague(praha)
was ruled by various Hussite committees. In 1420 combined Hussite forces led by military
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commander Jan Zizka successfully defended Prague against the first anti-Hussite crusade,
launched by Sigismund, the Holy Roman emperor, during the Battle of Vítkov Hill.
In the 1420s a split developed in the Hussite ranks between radical Taborites, who advocated
total war on Catholics, and moderate Utraquists, who consisted mainly of nobles who were
more concerned with transforming the Church. In 1434 the Utraquists agreed to accept
Sigismund's rule in return for religious tolerance; the Taborites kept fighting, only to be
defeated in the same year at the Battle of Lipany.
Following Sigismund's death, George of Podbrady (Jií z Podbrad) ruled as Bohemia's one
and only Hussite king, from 1452 to 1471, with the backing of Utraquist forces
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