• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        Looked it up, seems like

        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.

        • Vikthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          I think these are canting arms(heraldic pun) referencing Jan Hus, the preacher the Hussite movement was named after.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Typically these war wagons would be arranged in a line or circle, with infantry covering the gaps. Presumably, the rocks are for tossing over the sides on the heads of the fellows trying to break past the infantry without needing to bother with reloading weapons or wasting ammo.

  • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    5 days ago

    So Queen Victoria had this thing called a bathing machine so she could go swimming like a queen. It was a wagon made for modesty so you could change out of your Victorian best into a bathing suit and the rabble wouldn’t see you since you were inside the cabin.

    Now I’m imagining that it also contains Hussite militiamen.