Patron Saint and Prophet
Subtitle: Jan Hus in the Bohemian and German Reformations
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780190280734
Subjects: Hus, jan, 1369?-1415; Church history, middle ages, 600-1500
Description: The Bohemian preacher and religious reformer Jan Hus has been celebrated as a de facto saint since being burned at the stake as a heretic in 1415. 'Patron Saint and Prophet' analyzes Hus's commemoration from the time of his death until the middle of the following century, tracing the ways in which both his supporters and his most outspoken opponents sought to determine whether he would be remembered as a heretic or saint. Phillip Haberkern examines how specific historical conflicts and exigencies affected the evolution of Hus's memory - within the militant Hussite movement that flourished until the mid-1430s, within the Czech Utraquist church that succeeded it, and among 16th-century Lutherans who viewed Hus as a forerunner and even prophet of their reform.