Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . ty. Thisdoctrine repelled the Bo-hemian nobles, and Ziskalost a large part of his support. He never-theless undertook to pacify his country withthe sword. His severity against the priestlyorder knew no bounds. He burned more thanfive hundred convents and monasteries, slaugh-tered the monks, and wasted the country. Inthe schismatic license which now prev
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . ty. Thisdoctrine repelled the Bo-hemian nobles, and Ziskalost a large part of his support. He never-theless undertook to pacify his country withthe sword. His severity against the priestlyorder knew no bounds. He burned more thanfive hundred convents and monasteries, slaugh-tered the monks, and wasted the country. Inthe schismatic license which now prevailed anew sect called the Adamites sprang up, andwould fain restore Paradise by going fanatics gathered in the town of Raby,and were there besieged by the endeavoring to capture this place Ziska lost his remaining eye by a random arrowfrom the walls. But not even the blacknessof darkness could conquer his invincible continued to direct the conduct of thewar, and became the Belisarius of Bohemia. The event which now followed was one ofthe most remarkable to be discovered in thedun horizon of modern times. It was not tobe presumed that the Empire would submit tothe religious independence of Bohemia. To. OLD ST»;iNE RKII do so would be to admit that the solidarity ofEurope might be broken up with impunity,and that the Church was a failure. An Im-perial army of two hundred thousand men,commanded by four of the electoral princes,was now hurled against the insurgent almost equally formidable force, ledby the Emperor and Duke Albert of Austria,was to enter Bohemia on the other side ; andthe Taborites and other malcontents were thusto be crushed between the closing walls. Butthe heroism of the blind old Ziska rose with 102 UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. the occasion. He became the impersonationof War. He led forth his uncouth veterans,armed with iron flails, maces, and clumsyguns; and on the 8th of January, 1422,struck the e
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