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Hussite

Follower of John Huss. Opposed to both German and papal influence in Bohemia, the Hussites waged successful war against the Holy Roman Empire from 1419, but Roman Catholicism was finally re-established in 1620.


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On April 14, 1430, a band of Hussites raided the monastery and robbed it of its precious artifacts.
112) In 1513 he sent apostolic legates to the kings and princes of Christendom, and Cardinal Tamas Bakocz to the Hussites to urge peace.
The problem with Russell's sensibility is that (Indo-)European intellectuals at least as far back as the Hussites have voiced frustration over the "disassociation" of Christianity with the needs and values of local communities.
 
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