In his new book, a leading Czech scholar of Hussite history explores the distinctive features of fifteenth-century Bohemia, embodied above all in Hussitism and its reverberations in the years that followed. The relentless struggle between the chalice and the cross, dual confessional allegiance, the religious republic of Tábor, the idea of an elective monarchy, and the reform of the Church—these phenomena emerge as defining representatives of the age. Šmahel probes the ideological ambitions of Hussitism and its various offshoots, seeking to assess the actual impact of its ideas. Was it truly a precursor of democracy and religious tolerance?
Author(s):
František Šmahel
Publisher: NLN
Publication Type: monograph
Language: Czech
Place: Prague
Year: 2001
Pages: 450
ISBN: 978-80-7106-938-6