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Narrative podcast of Czech history for an English-speaking audience

Dec 5, 2019

The Hussite Wars are over. Peace and freedom of confession were bought at the cost of a fratricidal battle, but both are still fragile as the king-emperor Zikmund died shortly after the Compacts of Basel were declared.

The Czechs have to figure out how to make the small island of tolerance in the heart of Europe last against the overwhelming might of the papacy, and to do that they need to get lucky with the choice of their new ruling dynasty. How far will they need to go to find one?

 

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