Jan Hus
Videos
Jan Hus, sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and
Woodcut of Jan Hus, c. 1587
![German 16th Century. John Huss Centenary Medal [reverse] . Silver, 4.33 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Samuel H. Kress Collection](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/German_or_Austrian_16th_Century%2C_John_Huss_Centenary_Medal_%28reverse%29%2C_1515%2C_NGA_45407.jpg/500px-German_or_Austrian_16th_Century%2C_John_Huss_Centenary_Medal_%28reverse%29%2C_1515%2C_NGA_45407.jpg)
German 16th Century. John Huss Centenary Medal [reverse] . Silver, 4.33 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Samuel H. Kress Collection
Jan Hus preaching, illumination from a Czech manuscript, 1490s
Jan Hus at the Council of Constance. 19th-century painting by Karl Friedrich Lessing
Hussite Wars
Videos
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the
Jan Hus
…as Hussites) refused to elect another Catholic monarch and defeated five consecutive papal crusades between 1420 and 1431 in what became known as the Hussite Wars. Both the Bohemian and the Moravian populations remained majority Hussite until the 1620s, when a Protestant defeat in the Battle of the White Mountain…
Battle of Hussites and Catholic crusaders, Jena Codex, 15th century
Burning of Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, Jena Codex, 15th century
The devil is selling indulgences, Jena Codex
The Hussite Wagenburg