Petr Čornej: Jan Žižka. Life and times of a Hussite warrior
There is little we know about the youth of Jan Žižka, a zeman from Trocnov, but these are characteristic findings. He is already entering history as a one-eyed man. The blindfold must have made him unmistakable even as a member of Matěj Vůdek’s retinue, which, either in the service of influential nobles or on its … Read more