The Hussites were followers of John Huss in Bohemia during the early 15th century, whose demands prefigured many elements of the Protestant Reformation . The agitation for Czech independence and church reform began well before the execution by burning of John Huss at the Council of Constance in 1415. These goals, articulated in his teaching, became vital causes that inspired a national movement when he was martyred.
After the death of John Huss, his adherents took up arms for the defence of their principles, and under the leadership of Johann Ziska, captured Prague, fortified MountTabor, and repeatedly defeated the troops sent against them by the Emperor Sigismund, who had succeeded to the crown of Bohemia. Ziska died in 1424, and was succeeded by Procopius, who also distinguished himself by many victories. The excesses of this party, however, who were called the Taborites, alienated the moderate Hussites, who called themselves Calixtines, and who finally united with the Catholics by the Compact of Prague in 1433 to acknowledge Sigismund as king, certain concessions, especially the use of the cup for the laity, having been made to them by the Council of Basel. The Taborites thus weakened were totally defeated at Bomischbrod on the 31st of May, 1434, and afterwards declined as a political party, finally becoming merged in the Bohemian Brethren. Research Hussites
In Christian mythology, The Feast Of The Transfiguration (also known as the Feast of Tabor) is a commemoration held on August the 6th of the story of Christ appearing. Revealed in His divine glory as the Son of God, in the company of Moses and Elias (Elijah) before Peter, James and John at night on MountHermon or MountTabor. The Feast Of The Transfiguration was first observed in the east during the 8th century and is said to have been enjoined by Calixtus III in memory of the deliverance of Belgrade from the Turks. Research Feast Of The Transfiguration
A tabor is a small drum played with sticks, in accompaniment to the pipe, both instruments sometimes being played by the same performer. Research Tabor
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