HIST-338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Oneword, Transubstantiation, Vulgate
24 Nov 2020
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The catholic church had always been opposed to vernacular translations of the scriptures had squelched earlier efforts in this area with a heavy hand but not out of a desire to keep. And not only to the english: king richard ii (1377 1399) married a czech princess named anne, this union resulted in heightened contact between their two realms; Wycliff"s ideas soon circulated throughout the czech territories known as bohemia in the. Middle ages he became briefly one of the most popular authors in the land: among his most avid readers was the czech nationalist and earnest reformer jan hus (1372 1415). Hus was a professor of theology at the university of prague served as confessor to the bohemian queen. He shrank from some of wycliff"s most radical views but generally endorsed the main thrust of his ideas. Even so, hus might never have been a public figure were it not for his entanglement in politics.
