Proto-Protestantism
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Proto-Protestantism, also called pre-Protestantism, refers to individuals and movements that propagated various ideas later associated with Protestantism before 1517, which historians usually regard a
John Wycliffe is called the "Morning Star of the Reformation" by Andy Thomson.
Luther Monument in Worms, including Protestant forerunners such as Girolamo Savonarola, Jan Hus and Peter Waldo
Timeline from The Trail of Blood
Wycliffe Yeames Lollards 01
Hussites
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The Hussites are a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, a part of the Bohemian Reformation.
Proto-Protestantism
…viewing the Church as an authority. The movement was started by John Wycliffe and its doctrine anticipated those found in the Protestant Reformation. Hussites: Hussites were a 15th-century group in Bohemia, which emerged after the execution of Jan Hus, who was influenced by the writings of John Wycliffe. Jan…
Execution of Jan Hus (1415) that sparked outrage in the Kingdom of Bohemia
The Hussite Wagenburg
Recreation of Hussite pavise from an original in the Museum of Prague
Painting celebrating the Catholic victory at the Battle of White Mountain (1620). In the coming years, Bohemia and Moravia were converted from Hussitism to Roman Catholicism by the Habsburgs.