The Council of Constance condemns Jan Hus and burns him despite his safe-conduct; the Hussite wars follow in Bohemia, a century before Luther.
Tagged: Persecution Catholic Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1415 (exact)
- Era
- Medieval; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Constance
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Catholic
- Key figures
- Jan Hus
- Key texts
- Hus, On the Church
Primary Sources
- Jan Hus, On the Church
- Peter of Mladenovice, account of Hus's trial
Secondary Sources
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0030; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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