- Houska, Martin by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... the Taborites—the so-called Pickarts. Priest from Moravia.After the defeat of the Pickarts in 1421, Houska left Tabor, but he was captured by the moderate Taborites and burned. Houska’s doctrine is known by certain excerpts from his treatises, quoted in the works of his opponents. In his sermons, which bear a chiliastic character, Houska predicted the appearance ...
- Martin Houska by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... the Taborites—the so-called Pickarts. Priest from Moravia.After the defeat of the Pickarts in 1421, Houska left Tabor, but he was captured by the moderate Taborites and burned. Houska’s doctrine is known by certain excerpts from his treatises, quoted in the works of his opponents. In his sermons, which bear a chiliastic character, Houska predicted the appearance ...
- Taborites by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... movement was made up of the Pickarts, who were opposed by the moderate Taborites, favoring primarily the interests of the prosperous peasants and well-to-do townsmen. In 1421 the moderate Taborites cruelly dealt with the leaders of the Pickarts (Martin Houska, for example).In spite of disagreements, the Taborites remained the major military force in rebellious ...
- Hussite Revolutionary Movement by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... (who received the name Pickarts in Bohemia) there resounded chiliastic calls to establish before the end of the world a thousand-year kingdom of social justice by means of armed conflict.In April 1420, Pope Martin V and Emperor Sigismund I declared a crusade against Bohemia. The crusaders besieged Prague, but on July 14 they were utterly defeated by the ...