Procop

Procop, ANDREW, the Hussite leader, was born in 1380. Originally a monk, he served under Ziska, and on Ziska's death became commander of the Taborites. It was under his command that the fearful raids into Silesia, Saxony, and Franconia were carried out (see HUSSITES), and he repeatedly defeated German armies. He and his colleague, Procop the Younger, headed the internal conflict of the Taborites with the more moderate Calixtines; and in the battle with the Bohemian nobles at Lipan, near Böhmischbrod, on the 30th May 1434, both the Taborite commanders fell.