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Theo-politics of the Hussite Movement
From Reform to Revolution
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 246
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This intellectual history of the dissident Hussite reform movement in early fifteenth-century Bohemia explains the process of Hussite radicalization, which led to their overthrow of secular and religious structures in the so-called "first European revolution". It does so by uncovering the political relevance of diverse heterodox leaders and the discourses they adapted for mobilizing calls to conflict. As such, the work represents a reimagining of the Hussite revolution which emphasizes the symbolic worldview of its agents. This includes an appreciation of the Hussite debt to unexpected traditions of thought, and of the movement's participation in innovative visions of the theo-political order.
Martin Pjecha, Ph.D. (2022, Central European University) is a researcher and project member at the Centre for Medieval Studies in Prague. He has published on Hussites radicalism, apocalypticism, and heterodox thought, including the co-edited Radical Religious Communities around the Close of the Middle Ages (Brill, forthcoming).
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Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âMonograph Structure
1 Veritas, Caritas, and Reform
â1âHistorical Background until 1412
â2âIntellectual Precursors and the Christian Platonist Tradition
â3âThe Hussites
â4âTruth and Being
â5âPsychology and Ecclesiology
â6âReform Methodology
2 Order, Peace, and the Antichrist
â1âHistorical Background: the Indulgence Controversy until Husâs Execution
â2âVisions of Order and Peace
â3âVisions of Identity and Disruption
3 The Lay Chalice
â1âHistorical Background: from Utraquism to the Dawn of Tábor
â2âThe Utraquist Controversy: Foundations and Significance
â3âTheology and Anthropology
â4âSacred Politics and Voluntarism
â5âEthical Agency
4 Revolt and Revolution
â1âHistorical Background: 1419â1420
â2âJan Želivský
â3âReformist Tábor
â4âChiliastic Tábor
â5âRevolutionary Tábor
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âMonograph Structure
1 Veritas, Caritas, and Reform
â1âHistorical Background until 1412
â2âIntellectual Precursors and the Christian Platonist Tradition
â3âThe Hussites
â4âTruth and Being
â5âPsychology and Ecclesiology
â6âReform Methodology
2 Order, Peace, and the Antichrist
â1âHistorical Background: the Indulgence Controversy until Husâs Execution
â2âVisions of Order and Peace
â3âVisions of Identity and Disruption
3 The Lay Chalice
â1âHistorical Background: from Utraquism to the Dawn of Tábor
â2âThe Utraquist Controversy: Foundations and Significance
â3âTheology and Anthropology
â4âSacred Politics and Voluntarism
â5âEthical Agency
4 Revolt and Revolution
â1âHistorical Background: 1419â1420
â2âJan Želivský
â3âReformist Tábor
â4âChiliastic Tábor
â5âRevolutionary Tábor
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Medievalists, church historians. Keywords: heresy/heterodoxy, apocalypticism, medieval, Bohemia/Czech, Taborites, Jan/John Hus/Huss, religious warfare/violence, John Wyclif/Wycliffe, Matthias of Janov/MatÄj z Janova, Church reform, Antichrist, Platonism, eschatology, mysticism, intellectual history.