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Prokop the Great (Czech: Prokop Veliký, Latin: Procopius Magnus) or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven (Czech: Prokop Holý, Latin: Procopius Rasus) (c. 1380 – 30 May 1434) was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars.
May 26, 2024 · Prokop The Bald (born c. 1380—died May 30, 1434, Lipany, Hung.) was a Bohemian warrior-priest who was the foremost leader of the Hussite Reformation forces in the later period of the Hussite wars.
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Prokop the Great (Czech: Prokop Veliký, Latin: Procopius Magnus) or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven (Czech: Prokop Holý, Latin: Procopius Rasus) (c. 1380 – 30 May 1434) was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars.
also known as Prokop the Bald or Procopius the Great, Bohemian warrior priest and military leader of the Hussites, a heretical religious movement from 1424. Pope Martin V declared ... From: Procop, Andrew in The Oxford Companion to Military History »
Jun 13, 2019 · In early 1427, Prokop chased Archduke Albert V of Austria’s army from Moravia into Lower Austria. Overtaking the Austrians, Prokop inflicted a decisive defeat on it at Zwettl on 12 March 1427. The battle was significant because it was Prokop’s first major victory on foreign soil.
Procopius the Great, Czech Prokop Holý, d. 1434, Czech Hussite leader. A priest, he joined the Hussite movement (see Hussites) and distinguished himself as a captain under John Zizka in the Hussite Wars.
Czech priest and military leader during the Hussite Wars; also known as Procopius Magnus, Andrew Procopius, Prokop the Bald or Prokop the Shaven; in Czech Prokop Holý.
