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An entry in an expert encyclopedia that analyzes the Hussite chambers between 1419-1436. Namely, it describes the 16 years of the Hussite era, when there were more than 20 councils (land councils, Hussite councils) – we do not include the councils of Moravian estates, Hussite unions, or synods (priestly councils). Many Hussite councils were meetings of one of the war parties. First at the end of the Hisste era, in 1434, the composition of the land council was split into the lord, knight, and town estates. The clerdy was excluded from the councils. The fundamental issues that the Hussite land councils discussed were the question of accepting Sigismund of Luxembourg as Bohemian king and the treaty with the Catholic church about accepting four Prague articles. The land council was at that time the most important central institution of the Bohemian state since the ruler was dethroned, and the land council had only a liminted function. A specific feature of the Hussite council was a more significant activity of the representatives of regal towns, field unions (municipalities) and the exclusion of clerdy councils (representatives of the Catholic church). In Moravia, the prelate (clergy) estate remained, Moravian regal towns were the main support of the power of Sigismund of Luxembourg, which is why they were represented at the councils first after 1440. One of the key results of the Hussite era was the creation of a strong and stable estate representation, which then caused the weakening of regal power and the creation of a power vacuum.