Medievalists.net » Hussite http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58508 Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/characteristics-medieval-artillery-light-written-sources-bohemia-poland/feed/ 0 The Adamites: Hippy Heretics of the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/10/adamites-hippy-heretics-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/10/adamites-hippy-heretics-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:42:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51461 Wandering through forests and hills, some of them fell into such insanity that men and women threw off their clothes and went nude, saying that clothes had been adopted because of the sin of the first parents, but that they were in a state of innocence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/10/adamites-hippy-heretics-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Boundaries in the making – Historiography and the isolation of late medieval Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/boundaries-making-historiography-isolation-late-medieval-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/boundaries-making-historiography-isolation-late-medieval-bohemia/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:38:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51374 This paper deals with an episode of early 15th century Bohemian history. During the so-called Hussite wars, a coalition of Catholic powers tried to establish a far-reaching blockade on trade and commerce against the kingdom of Bohemia, which then was considered to be a hotbed of heresy, and to be rebellious against its legitimate ruler and the papal church.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/boundaries-making-historiography-isolation-late-medieval-bohemia/feed/ 0 Christ in Motion: Portable Objects and Scenographic Environments in the Liturgy of Medieval Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/christ-in-motion-portable-objects-and-scenographic-environments-in-the-liturgy-of-medieval-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/christ-in-motion-portable-objects-and-scenographic-environments-in-the-liturgy-of-medieval-bohemia/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:09:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45503 It accordingly seems clear, from many preserved accounts, that by the end of the fifteenth century the rubric of the Church of Prague was no longer the same and that progressive versions contained different layers of alteration to the performance practice of Palm Sunday ritual.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/christ-in-motion-portable-objects-and-scenographic-environments-in-the-liturgy-of-medieval-bohemia/feed/ 0 Jan Hus: The 15th Century Czech Reformer http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/20/jan-hus-the-15th-century-czech-reformer/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/20/jan-hus-the-15th-century-czech-reformer/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:15:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38814 Neil Fowler performs as Jan Hus (c.1369 – 1415) and depicts his life and teachings.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/20/jan-hus-the-15th-century-czech-reformer/feed/ 0 God’s Warriors from the Czech Kingdom – the Terror of Central and Eastern Europe in the First Half of the 15th Century http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/gods-warriors-from-the-czech-kingdom-the-terror-of-central-and-eastern-europe-in-the-first-half-of-the-15th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/gods-warriors-from-the-czech-kingdom-the-terror-of-central-and-eastern-europe-in-the-first-half-of-the-15th-century/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:20:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36758 The aim of this study is to point out a distinct phenomenon in the history of Central And Eastern Europe wherein part of the population of a fairly small kingdom in Central Europe invoked justified fear throughout the majority of Europe. Czech history is not all that popular a theme of study within the framework of European history. One of the few exceptions is the period of the first half of the 15th century in particular.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/gods-warriors-from-the-czech-kingdom-the-terror-of-central-and-eastern-europe-in-the-first-half-of-the-15th-century/feed/ 0 In Heaven and on Earth: Church Treasure in Late Medieval Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/in-heaven-and-on-earth-church-treasure-in-late-medieval-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/in-heaven-and-on-earth-church-treasure-in-late-medieval-bohemia/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:25:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34803 My work, thus, focuses on the intellectual concepts and practical policies involved in the development of treasuries in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Bohemia. It oscillates between three main disciplines of history: art, religious, and cultural history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/in-heaven-and-on-earth-church-treasure-in-late-medieval-bohemia/feed/ 0 “Neither Mine Nor Thine”: Communist Experiments in Hussite Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/neither-mine-nor-thine-communist-experiments-in-hussite-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/neither-mine-nor-thine-communist-experiments-in-hussite-bohemia/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:48:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29444 Because of such circumstances the intoxicating influence of idealism and utopia continued to be pressed forward. One pervasive ideal was communism.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/neither-mine-nor-thine-communist-experiments-in-hussite-bohemia/feed/ 0 An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/an-introduction-to-olympia-morata-a-forgotten-feminist-voice-from-sixteenth-century-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/an-introduction-to-olympia-morata-a-forgotten-feminist-voice-from-sixteenth-century-italy/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:42:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25144 An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy Webb, Val (Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN) Sea Changes, Vol.1 (2001) Abstract I met Olympia Morata in the British Library while searching for women lost from history. My search word ‘heroine’ uncovered an 1864 inspirational collection Heroines of the Household. Olympia was the […]

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