The conciliar question and the response to conciliarist ideas in hussite Bohemia Cover Image

Konzilsfrage und Widerhall der konziliaristischen Gedanken im hussitischen Böhmen
The conciliar question and the response to conciliarist ideas in hussite Bohemia

Author(s): Blanka Zilynská
Subject(s): 15th Century
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Conciliarism; Czech lands; Bohemia; late Middle Ages; Tetragonus Aristotelis; Wenceslas IV; Jan of Jenštejn; Jan Hus; Štěpán of Páleč; Mařík Rvačka; Jan of Rokycany; George of Poděbrady; Gregory of He

Summary/Abstract: Conciliarism is the theory of the supremacy of the Council over the papacy. The study investigates whether such ideas were known in Bohemia. It traces the environment of the court of Wenceslas IV, the role of the University of Prague, Hussitism with its Wycliffian definition of the Church, and the period after the conclusion of the Compactata and during the reign of George of Poděbrady. The knowledge of conciliarist theories in Bohemia is a fact, even if their development and application did not take place on Bohemian soil. The Czech lands were not a fertile ground for Conciliarist ideas, yet at certain moments the Czech environment reached for Conciliarist arguments.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-42
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: German