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Definition of Taborite

Taborite
Taborite Ta"bor*ite, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.

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- The Taborites (Czech: Táborité, Czech: singular Táborita), were a faction within the Hussite movement in the medieval Lands of the Bohemian Crown. The...
- Catholic-supported Utraquist side came out victorious from conflict with the Taborites and became the dominant Hussite group in Bohemia. Catholics and Utraquists...
- Rasus) (c. 1380 – 30 May 1434) was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars. On his mother's side, he came...
- changed sides in 1432 to fight alongside Roman Catholics and opposed the Taborites and other Hussite factions. These wars lasted from 1419 to approximately...
- chroniclers often referred to them as Adamites. In the 15th century the Taborites in Bohemia produced an offshoot known as the Bohemian Adamites. Everywhere...
- united with Taborite Hussites and decided to defend against the emperor. The crusaders ****embled their army in Świdnica. On 4 April, Taborite forces destro****...
- followers of Jan Hus, Petr Chelčický and other regional Protestant Reformers. Taborites and Utraquists were Hussite groups. Towards the end of the Hussite Wars...
- known as the Taborites, formed a religious-military community at Tábor. Under the leadership of the talented general Jan Žižka, the Taborites adopted the...
- contemporary and follower of Jan Hus, and a prominent Radical Hussite who led the Taborite faction during the Hussite Wars. Renowned for his exceptional military...
- hand-held gunpowder weapons, like muskets, pla**** a decisive role. The Taborite faction of Hussite warriors, primarily infantry, decisively defeated larger...