Heresy and Hussites in Late Medieval Europe - 9780367600716

Taylor & Francis

Branded as heretics, outlawed, then forced to fight for their faith as well as their lives, the Hussites - followers of the martyred Bohemian priest Jan Hus (1371-1415) - occupy one of the most colorful and challenging chapters of European religious history. The essays reprinted in this book explore the early Hussite movement by examining the defin > The followers of the martyred Bohemian priest Jan Hus (1371-1415) formed one of the greatest challenges to the medieval Latin Church. Branded as heretics, outlawed, then forced to fight for their faith as well as their lives, the Hussites occupy one of the most colorful and challenging chapters of European religious history. The essays reprinted in this book (along with one here first published in English and additional notes) explore the essence of the early Hussite movement by focusing on the nature and development of heresy both as accusation and identity. Heresy and Hussites in Late Medieval Europe first examines the definition of.