1st Edition

Origins of the Hussite Uprising The Chronicle of Laurence of Březová (1414 –1421)

By Thomas A. Fudge Copyright 2020
300 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Hussite Chronicle is the most important single narrative source for the events of the early Hussite movement. The author is Laurence of Březová ( c .1370– c .1437), a member of the Czech lower nobility and a supporter of the Hussite creed. The movement arose as an initiative for religious and social reform in fifteenth-century Bohemia and was energized by the burning of the priest Jan Hus in... Read more

Introduction: Text and Context of the Hussite Chronicle

The Chronicle of Laurence of Brezová

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Biography

Thomas A. Fudge is Professor of Medieval History at the University of New England, Australia. His current research is broadly focused on medieval heresy in the later Middle Ages, and the history and religion of fifteenth-century Hussites.