The Second Hussite War at the Imperial Diets (1467–1474)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26806/hisape.n52.1

Keywords:

Bohemian Crown, imperial diet, pope, crusade

Abstract

The Second Hussite War at the Imperial Diets (1467–1474)
From the moment when the Roman Curia launched a campaign against King George of Poděbrady until the Peace of Olomouc, seven imperial assemblies were held, which dealt to a greater or lesser extent with the „Causa bohemica“. Three of them could have brought a fateful decision for the Bohemian Crown. It was the desire of the papal diplomacy and temporarily also of the Emperor that the councils should approve the active military involvement of the Holy Roman Empire in the new crusade against the Bohemian Utraquists. The hateful campaign of the Curia, the presence of legates at the imperial assemblies, the appearance of the delegation of the Green Mountain Unity, not even the requests of Matthias Corvinus for the military aid of the Empire, or event he directing of the assembly proceedings by the legate Lorenzo of Ferrara, were not enough to break the reluctance of the imperial Estates to participate in the “Second Hussite War“. King Georg, however, did not receive a declaration opposing papal pressure, nor, with the exception of 1466, any clear diplomatic support.

Author Biography

Martin Šandera, Institute of History, Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové

Historický ústav | Institute of History
Filozofická fakulta | Philosophical Faculty
Univerzita Hradec Králové | University of Hradec Králové

Doc. PhDr. Martin Šandera, Ph.D. (* 1973)

martin.sandera@uhk.cz

Published

2025-02-18

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Studies