Jakoubek of Stříbro

Bohemian religious leader

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In Hussite
The movement’s chief supporters were Jakoubek of Stříbro (died 1429), Hus’s successor as preacher at the Bethlehem chapel in Prague; Václav Koranda, leader of the Taborites (extreme Hussites named for Tábor, their stronghold, south of Prague); and Jan Želivský, who organized the extreme reform party in Prague.
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In Czechoslovak history: The Hussite wars
…most faithful of his disciples, Jakoubek of Stříbro, was not strong enough to keep the movement under his control. Ideological differentiation set in and resulted in divisions and polemics. The moderate Utraquists (or Calixtins; respectively, from the Latin utraque, “each of two,” and calix, “chalice”), named after the Hussite practice…
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