Czech Renaissance

Question 1

How long is the Czech Renaissance?

Answer 1

1350-1620

Question 2

Who is Jan Hus? What does he do? Why is this successful?

Answer 2

1369-1415
So poor he doesn't have a last name
Went to Prague University
Preaches in Bethlehem Chapel; open-air grassroots meetings 
He has local control and uses vernacular

Question 3

Why did Jan Hus go to Prague University? What happens later?

Answer 3

When he was a kid, he was recruited to study for free

Later becomes the University Rector

Question 4

What does Jan Hus believe about communion?

Answer 4

Bread and wine for communion
Bread for all commoners; wine for priests & kings
“Let us have bread and wine”

Question 5

Who is Jan Hus protected by?

Answer 5

King and Queen of Bohemia

Question 6

What is Jan Hus’s dispute with the Archbishop? What does the Archbishop do?

Answer 6

Archbishop says they shouldn’t use Wycliffe in the University, but Hus says they will use Wycliffe until a Pope bans it
Archbishop excommunicates Hus

Question 7

What is the Council of Constance?

Answer 7

Hus is put on trial by people who didn’t like reform
Put on trial for things he didn’t say
Hus said he can’t lie on the stand because it’s a sin
He was burned at the stake

Question 8

What are the Hussite wars? What happens at the end?

Answer 8

Broke out because Hus was falsely accused/executed
Czech armies win 5 times

In the end, they sign a treaty; they say people can be a Hussite as a version of Catholicism