A Companion to Jan Hus, ed. František Šmahel, in cooperation with Ota Pavlíček (Brill, December 2014) A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the life, thought and commemoration of Jan Hus († 1415), Czech theologian, reformer and martyr. Besides older experienced specialists in the Hussite studies, also younger researchers who enter the scientific discourse with new approaches participated in the volume. Experts and students alike will profit from this guide to Jan Hus, who was well known as follower of John Wyclif and forerunner of Martin Luther. Burning of Jan Hus at the stake at the Council of Constance gave rise in Bohemia to religious and social revolt that ushered the European reformations of the 16th century. CONTENTS Introduction The Chronology of the Life and Work of Jan Hus Ota Pavlíček The Spiritual Background of the Czech Reformation Vilém Herold Jan Hus as a Preacher Pavel Soukup The Sentences Commentary of Jan Hus Stephen E. Lahey The Verancular Theology of Jan Hus Pavlína Rychterová The National Idea, Secular Power and Social Issues in the Political Theology of Jan Hus František Šmahel The causa Hus in Constance : disputatio aut inquisitio Sebastián Provvidente Second Life of Jan Hus. Liturgy, Commemoration & Music David Holeton & Hana Vlhová-Wörner Iconography of Jan Hus Milena Bartlová The History of the Interpretation of Jan Hus Zdeněk V. David Instead of Conclusion: A View into Hus’s Literary Workshop František Šmahel
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