Taborites

Banner used by Taborites (hypothetical colors)
Banner supposedly used by Taborite forces led by Bohuslav of Švamberg, whose heraldic emblem was a swan on a red field, later confused with a goose (Czech: husa) as a general symbol of the Hussite movement.

The Taborites (Czech: Táborité, Czech: singular Táborita), known by their enemies as the Picards,[1][why?] were a faction within the Hussite movement in the medieval Lands of the Bohemian Crown.

Although most of the Taborites were of rural origin, they played a major role in the town of Tábor. Taborite politics were also encroached upon by their priests. The most important Taborites included the governors Jan Žižka of Trocnov, Mikuláš of Hus, Bohuslav of Švamberk, Chval Řepický of Machovice, and Jan Roháč of Dubá, and the priest Prokop Holý. The main centre of their association was Tábor.

  1. ^ Gieseler, Johann Karl Ludwig (1858). A Text-book of Church History. Vol. 3. Harper & brothers. p. 439.