Hussites breaking the rules. A fifteenth-century drawing showing improvised field fortification defended by infantry. Four large wagons are drawn up in a perimeter around a tent. Several armoured men are shown defending the front wagons with flails, crossbows, a handgun, and thrown rocks. Larger guns and other weapons are shown on the rear wagons. An unarmoured man is standing inside the perimeter carrying what looks like a bundle of sticks, maybe spears. The front of the tent is marked with a chalice, the insignia of the Hussite rebellion representing their demand for receiving both bread and wine during Eucharist. Bohemian commoners fighting on foot inflicted a series of stinging defeats on successive crusading armies in 1420-1434 following the betrayal, arrest, and burning of theologian Jan Hus.

Grünkern was eaten in the mountainous areas of Bohemia and nearby. They also had a long tradition of throwing officials out of windows and not fighting fair.

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