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Žižka

[ Czech zhish-kah ]

noun

  1. Jan [yahn], c1370–1424, Bohemian Hussite military leader.


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The Zizkov was held by Zizka and his Taborites, who had thrown up slight fortifications.

Zizkov, which stands on the spot where Zizka won his famous victory, was entirely built in the nineteenth century.

This was the town of Jan Zizka, the redoubtable military hero of the times.

Zizka had established in his camp that purity of morals which the Maid was endeavouring to introduce among the Armagnacs.

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