Companion to Jan Hus

František Šmahel (Ph.D.1965, DrSc. 1990) is Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the Charles University and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. His recent publications on intellectual history, political history and Czech Hussite movement include Hussitische Revolution I-III (2002), The Charles University in the Middle Ages (2007) and the edition (with G. Silagi) of Magistri Hieronymi de Praga Quaestiones, polemica, epistulae (2010).Ota Pavlíček (Ph.D., Th.D. 2014) wrote his doctoral thesis on the thought of Jerome of Prague at the University of Paris Sorbonne and at the Charles University in Prague. He works as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

“a valuable resource for those seeking an introduction to the life and work of this important Czech reformer.”John T. Slotemaker, Fairfield University. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 42, No. 4 (December 2016), p. 302. “As a wide-ranging academic exploration of the life, work, and influence of this important figure of the medieval world, Šmahel and Pavlíček’s A Companion to Jan Hus is a long-awaited and warmly welcomed addition to Brill’s companions to the Christian tradition.”Severin V.Kitanov, Salem State University. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Fall 2016), pp. 713-714.

• List of Contributors Introduction The Chronology of the Life and Work of Jan HusOta Pavlíček The Spiritual Background of the Czech ReformationVilém Herold (†) Jan Hus as a Preacher Pavel Soukup The Sentences Commentary of Jan HusStephen E. Lahey The Vernacular Theology of Jan HusPavlína Rychterová The National Idea, Secular Power and Social Issues in the Political Theology of Jan HusFrantišek Šmahel The causa Hus in Constance : disputatio aut inquisitioSebastián Provvidente Second Life of Jan Hus. Liturgy, Commemoration & MusicDavid Holeton & Hana Vlhová-Wörner Iconography of Jan HusMilena Bartlová The History of the Interpretation of Jan HusZdeněk V. David Instead of Conclusion: A View into Hus’s Literary Workshop František Šmahel Select Bibliography General Index