With Jan Hus鈥檚 execution at the Council of Constance in 1415, the Church and Holy Roman Emperor believed that the issues of Bohemian heresy had been successfully resolved. However, Bohemia erupted into protest and revolt in response to the death of Jan Hus. Expelling the Catholic priests and throwing the city council members from the New Town Hall windows, the Hussites of Bohemia refused to accept the authority of the Church or their king. To quell this revolution, Holy Emperor Sigismund and Pope Martin V launched an invasion and five crusades against Hussite Bohemia, calling upon the Christian world to lend them aid. However, led by a man named Jan 沤颈啪办补 and later Prokop the Great, the Hussites would not be so easily defeated.
Zden臎k Koubek: Competitive Sports and Gender
Zden臎k Koubek was a transgender track athlete who began his life fascinated by athletics, particularly after his family moved to Brno. He pulled his way up the sports ladder, beginning as a coach and instructor while training, breaking and setting national records, then winning two medals in the Women鈥檚 World Games. Koubek鈥檚 success, however, was met with doubt, as his androgyny caused the public to question the validity of his competitive success. The issues Zden臎k Koubek faced in the past reflects modern controversial topics in competitive sports.
Edvard 叠别苍别拧 (28 May 1884 - 3 September 1948)
Edvard 叠别苍别拧 was born in Kozlany, Bohemia during the Austro-Hungarian Empire鈥檚 rule, but by October 14, 1918, he lived in a different nation, as the empire collapsed in place of the then-new Czechoslovakia. He served as the council chairman for the League of Nations to support the balance of powers in Eastern Europe, creating the 鈥淟ittle Entente.鈥 Eventually, 叠别苍别拧 would succeed Masaryk as the Czechoslovakian president, faced with the threat of Germany, and the rest is history.