Orebites

The Orebites (Czech: Orebité) or Hradecti were followers of the Hussites in Eastern Bohemia. The founders took part in the procession on Mount Oreb, near Třebechovice pod Orebem and Hradec. Later, most noble supporters belonged to the East Bohemian church known as the Bohemian Brethren.

Banner with pelican used by Orebites and later Orphans

The ideological founder of the Orebites was the priest Ambrož Hradecký. Leaders included Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg and Diviš Bořek of Miletínek, the captain of the Hussites in Eastern and Central Bohemia. The Orebites were instrumental in the burning of the Benedictine monastery in Mnichovo Hradiště in the early summer of 1420, and in autumn, they supported the rest of the Hussites at the Battle of Vyšehrad. In 1423, they merged with the Sirotci of Jan Žižka.

References

Fudge, T.A. (2018). The Magnificent Ride: The First Reformation in Hussite Bohemia. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-88633-8. Retrieved 2021-05-24.

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