TY - CHAP
T1 - The Hussites and the Council
AU - Fudge, Thomas
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - At the Council of Basel, the fathers chose to host and listen to condemned Bohemian heretics, allowing them to present their viewpoints in open debate. Why did they make that choice? On the morning of 8 November 1430 a document was discovered fastened to the gates of the papal palace in Rome. This anonymous paper underscored the papal duty to defend the faith and, in view of this obligation, argued for the eradication of Hussite heresy. Pope Martin v was urged to convene a general council to deal with this immediate threat to the faith. This initiative was prompted by brilliant military campaigns, defeating papally-sponsored crusades, which by 1430 had brought renewed international attention to the Hussites.
AB - At the Council of Basel, the fathers chose to host and listen to condemned Bohemian heretics, allowing them to present their viewpoints in open debate. Why did they make that choice? On the morning of 8 November 1430 a document was discovered fastened to the gates of the papal palace in Rome. This anonymous paper underscored the papal duty to defend the faith and, in view of this obligation, argued for the eradication of Hussite heresy. Pope Martin v was urged to convene a general council to deal with this immediate threat to the faith. This initiative was prompted by brilliant military campaigns, defeating papally-sponsored crusades, which by 1430 had brought renewed international attention to the Hussites.
KW - European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)
KW - Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History)
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/233754089
U2 - 10.1163/9789004331464_011
DO - 10.1163/9789004331464_011
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789004222649
SN - 9789004331464
T3 - Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition
SP - 254
EP - 281
BT - A Companion to the Council of Basel
A2 - Decaluwe, Michiel
A2 - M Izbicki, Thomas
A2 - Christianson, Gerald
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden, Netherlands
ER -