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Bohemia once more, and for the last time, entered the wide stage of the world and became a European power; once more it became obvious what important part the Czech nation played in the middle of Europe, what seeds of statehood and humanity it contained and how serious its contribution to the destiny of mankind was. (Palacký, 1931a: 281)There was also another reason why the Hussites were symbolically important for Palacký. Although the ground of the Hussite movement was religious, to some extent, it was also a fight between the Czech artisan strata against the richer German families, and it resulted in a Czechization of Bohemian towns and the development of Czech language (Sayer, 1998: 41).…”