A companion to Jan Hus / / edited by František Šmahel, in cooperation with Ota Pavlíček.

• Superior document: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, volume 54
• TeilnehmendeR: Šmahel, František,; Pavlíček, Ota,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 54.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (457 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / František Šmahel -- Introduction: A Companion to Jan Hus / František Šmahel -- The Chronology of the Life and Work of Jan Hus / Ota Pavlíček -- The Spiritual Background of the Czech Reformation: Precursors of Jan Hus / Vilém Herold -- Jan Hus as a Preacher / Pavel Soukup -- The Sentences Commentary of Jan Hus / Stephen E. Lahey -- The Vernacular Theology of Jan Hus / Pavlína Rychterová -- The National Idea, Secular Power and Social Issues in the Political Theology of Jan Hus / František Šmahel -- Hus’s Trial in Constance: Disputatio Aut Inquisitio / Sebastián Provvidente -- The Second Life of Jan Hus: Liturgy, Commemoration, and Music / David Holeton and Hana Vlhová-Wörner -- Iconography of Jan Hus / Milena Bartlová -- The Interpretation of Jan Hus from the Beginning through the Enlightenment / Zdeněk V. David -- Instead of Conclusion: Jan Hus as Writer and Author / František Šmahel -- Select Bibliography / František Šmahel -- Index of Works of Jan Hus / František Šmahel -- Index / František Šmahel.