{"product_id":"a-companion-to-jan-hus-brills-companions-to-the-christian-tradition-54","title":"A Companion to Jan Hus (Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 54)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Companion to Jan Hus (Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 54) (Hardcover, 458 pages) – Brill, 2015. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n A Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the life, thought and commemoration of Jan Hus († 1415), Czech theologian, reformer and martyr. Besides older experienced specialists in the Hussite studies, also younger researchers who enter the scientific discourse with new approaches participated in the volume.Experts and students alike will profit from this guide to Jan Hus, who was well known as follower of John Wyclif and forerunner of Martin Luther. Burning of Jan Hus at the stake at the Council of Constance gave rise in Bohemia to religious and social revolt that ushered the European reformations of the 16th century.  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   Review   “a valuable resource for those seeking an introduction to the life and work of this important Czech reformer.”\u003cbr\u003eJohn T. Slotemaker, Fairfield University. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 42, No. 4 (December 2016), p. 302. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003eSeverin V.Kitanov, Salem State University. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Fall 2016), pp. 713-714. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           About the Author   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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOta 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                           ","brand":"Ota Pavlicek, František Šmahel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068771422442,"sku":"9789004280557","price":264.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/81W1ob_VbfL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781182196","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/a-companion-to-jan-hus-brills-companions-to-the-christian-tradition-54","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}