Hussite Wars

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15th-century wars fought between Protestant Hussites and Catholic forces

incidents in Bohemian history (1419, 1483, 1618)

thumb|Banner used by Taborites (hypothetical colors) thumb|Banner supposedly used by Taborite forces led by Bohuslav of Švamberg, whose heraldic emblem was a swan on a red field, later confused with a goose (Czech: husa) as a general symbol of the Hussite movement.

thumb|Luther and Hus serving communion under both kinds together, an imaginative woodcut from 16th-century Saxony representing the affinity of [[Lutherans and Moderate Hussites]] Utraquism (from the Latin sub utraque specie, meaning "under both kinds"), also called Calixtinism (from chalice; Latin: calix, borrowed from Greek kalyx, "shell, husk"; Czech: kališníci), was a belief amongst Hussites, a pre-Protestant reformist Christian movement in fifteenth century Bohemia that communion under both kinds (both the consecrated host and the precious blood, as opposed to the consecrated host alone) s

War of succession in medieval Lithuania

thumb|Banner with Pelican#Christianity|pelican used by Orebites, later called Orphans (hypothetical colors) The Orebites (), also called Lesser Taborites and later known as Sirotci ("Orphans"; ), officially '''Orphans' Union (), were followers of a radical wing of the Hussites in Bohemia. The founders took part in the procession on Mount Oreb, near Třebechovice pod Orebem and Hradec. Founded in 1423 originally under the name Lesser Tábor''', it consisted mostly of poorer burghers and some members of the Czech nobility who joined with the commander Jan Žižka.

Hussite war hymn