Chronica Boemorum
It is a period of great changes, with Middle Ages giving way to the Modern Era. While explorers are establishing new maritime trade routes, the Czechs are struggling to combine their heritage of religious liberty with international acceptance.
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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.
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Due to unfortunate technical difficulties, we have been unable to record episode 13 as planned. We hope to resolve these soon and have the episode for you next week.
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It is 1422. Thrice now the Czechs have beaten a Crusade called to subjugate them under the yoke of Zikmund of Luxemburg and the papacy he controls.
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Václav IV., Czech and Roman King, is dead. His heir is his half-brother, Zikmund, King of Hungary and Croatia; but many of the Czech nobles blame him for having Master Jan Hus, the unifying figure of the reform movement, killed in the process.
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Golden Age of Czech Kingdom is at an end.
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Every motherland needs its father - and in 14th century the Czech lands are about to get one of their very own.
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A seven-year-old king without a proper regent sounds like a recipe for disaster. In the Czech kingdom such young man - Václav II. - grows up into an accomplished ruler.
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When the first hereditary Czech king dies, the reigns of the realm are taken by his son.
info_outlineIn the 11th century, the Czechs have proved themselves mighty warriors, as well as a cohesive, self-aware nation. The neighbouring German Roman Empire lost its ruling dynasty and two families are vying for the throne. With political tensions and demand for military power rising on all sides the Czech princes see an opportunity for their own advancement.
Meanwhile the social landscape in the Czech lands begins to shift and change, as the administrators become nobility and new settlers populate areas that were previously vacant.
Join us on the tumultuous journey through 12th century court intrigues, political machinations and domestic developments that will once again earn Czechs the royal crown.