The Memory and Motivation of Jan Hus, Medieval Priest and Martyr
By (author) Thomas A Fudge
Who was Jan Hus? This work explores the driving forces in the life and work of this medieval priest as he moved from obscurity to the vulnerability of a publicly accused heretic and the disgraceful prelude to martyrdom.
Jan Hus (1371-1415) gave his name to a social and religious revolution which captured the attention of Europe. The central figure in a late medieval reform movement, he died a condemned heretic. Martyrdom made him famous but his essential identity has remained a point of controversy. Who was Jan Hus? This work explores the driving forces in the life and work of this medieval priest as he moved from obscurity to the vulnerability of a publicly accused heretic and the disgraceful prelude to martyrdom. It also focuses on the construction and facilitation of the memory of Jan Hus. Historical facts are often compelling but these postulations cannot be approached apart from the manner and process in which those events are remembered.This book illuminates the life and work of the medieval priest and martyr who rose from humble origins to national hero and popular saint on the platform of a unique and renewed practice of the Christian faith. So profound were his challenges to the church and so bellicose were the reactions to his untimely demise, that the name Jan Hus was destined never to fade into oblivion.
Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter One: Who Was the Martyred Priest? Chapter Two: What Did Jan Hus Think He Was Doing? Chapter Three: One-Eyed Hus and the Challenge of Ethics as Reform Chapter Four: Enemies of the Gospel: Answering the Priest in the Kitchen Chapter Five: Michael de Causis and the Politics of Heresy Hunting Chapter Six: Hus in Popular Songs and Hymnody Chapter Seven: The Medieval Lives of the Priest and the Martyr Chapter Eight: The Spirit of Hussite Religion Epilogue: The Priest and the Martyr Defined and Confined Bibliography Index
- By (author) Thomas A Fudge
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