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Reform and the Lower Consistory in Prague, 1437-1497

  • Thomas Fudge

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Abstract

Not until 9 September 1437 did the spirit of radical Hussitism depart from the forefront of public affairs in Bohemia. On that date Jan Roháč of Dubá and the garrison of Sión Castle were hanged by King Sigismund on a three-story gallows in Prague. It was the end to a gallant struggle against the Roman Church and the Empire; a struggle which had spanned more than two decades. Subsequent to the fall of Sión, Hussite religion lost the power to exist successfully alongside the Roman Church without concession and negotiation. The contours of Bohemian Reformation began to change. It is not possible to sustain the argument that the Podìbradian age was an integral continuation of revolutionary Hussitism. By the end of the 1430s the Hussite movement was in no danger of falling into oblivion. But the course of history had dictated a very different path to the one followed from the time of Jan Hus' death (1415) to the crushing of the Hussite "warriors of God".
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice
EditorsZdenek V David, David R Holeton
Place of PublicationPrague, Czech Republic
PublisherMain Library, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Pages67-96
Volume2: Papers from the XVIIIth World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences
Edition1
Publication statusPublished - 1998

Publication series

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Number2

Keywords

  • European History (excl British, Classical Greek and Roman)
  • Christian Studies (incl Biblical Studies and Church History)

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