| England had already given rise to the Lollard movement of John Wycliffe, which played an important part in inspiring the Hussites in Bohemia. |
| Jan Milic Lochman's contribution to David Willis and Michael Welker's book emphasizes the history of radical reform among Waldensians, Hussites and Czech Brethren. |
| The Hussites, on the other hand, who broke away from the Holy Roman Empire in both political and religious senses, were heretics. |
| Many Hussites, particularly the Utraquist clergy, were also in favour of peace. |
| The second half of the book surveys lay renewal movements from the second century, through the medieval Waldensians and Hussites, to the Anabaptists and Pietists. |
| Hussites made up the vast majority of the population, and Lutheranism also gained a substantial following. |
