Staré Mesto (old town), and Nové Mesto (new town), 4, 22; antagonism between, 69.
Star Palace, arrival of Frederick at, 117.
Star Park, 119.
Suburbium Pragense, 4.
T
Taborites, 47.
Tauss, defeat of Royal troops at, 68.
Thietmas, first Bishop of Prague, 6.
Tomek, Professor, quoted, 4, 11, 18, 24, 41, 64, 73.
Towers, ancient, on Hradcany Hill, 194–196.
Town Hall, 168–172.
Treaty of Westphalia, 131.
Tycho Brahe and Tennagel, King Rudolph’s guests, 103; latter a prisoner, 196.
Tyn Church, the, rectors of, 21, 22.
U
U Halanku, ancient house known as, 174–175.
University of Prague, founded, 16, 17; modelled on that of Paris, 17; lectures at, 17–18; recognised as supreme authority in matters of doctrine, 42.
Utraquists, 2–43, 49; truce of, with Praguers, 47.
V
Velica Obec, great assembly of Prague, 63.
Victor of Podebrad, 57.
Vladislav II., elected King, 86; riots at Prague during his absence, 87; death, 88.
Vojtech, Bishop of Prague, 6.
Vratislav II., Prince, 6.
Vysehrad, earliest inhabited spot, 1, 3; church built on, 5; fortress of, carried by assault by Hussites, 44; siege of, by citizens, 57–59; porm of, by Zeyer, 182.
W
Wenceslas I., Prince of Bohemia, 4; receives tonsure, 5; churches built by, 5; murdered, 5.
Wenceslas I., King of Bohemia, 7.
Wenceslas IV., King of Bohemia, successor to Charles I., 23 ff.; his favour towards Hus, and foreign policy, 23–24; his popularity with the citizens, 24; animosity to, of Bohemian nobles, 24; made prisoner and released, 25; again imprisoned and escapes, 26; his conflict with John of Pomuk, 26–27; his decrees of Kutna Hora, 35; his support of reform party, 38; his decree reinstating priests deprived of their livings, 42; death, 43.
Wenceslas of Budova, 105, 106.
Wenceslas Chapel, 90.
White Mountain, battle of, 31, 42, 43; leaders on either side, 114; account of, 118–120; complete change in condition of Bohemia caused by, 123; arrest and executions after defeat of Protestants at, 124–126.
Wycliffe, works of, burnt, 36.
Z
Zbynek Zajic of Hasenburg, Archbishop of Prague, 32; letter of Hus to, 35.
Zelivo, John of, leader of Utraquists, 43; denounces Sigismund, 48; suggests meeting of defenders of Utraquist cause, 49; his popularity and influence, 63; heads democratic party, 64, 65; sudden arrest of, and decapitation, 65.
Zeyer, poet, 182; monument to, 185.
Zizka, 43, 47; arrives with his men at Prague, 51; his heroism, 54.
Zizka’s Hill, victory of, 54, 55.
Zizkov, 180.
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