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Nebiblická proroctví v husitství
Subtitle:Non-biblical prophesies in the Hussite movement ; Jan Hus : życie, myśl, dziedzictwo
Creator: Contributor:Kras, Paweł : Editor ; Nodl, Martin : Editor
Publisher: Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description:p. 237-257 ; Papers delivered at a conference held in honor of Stanisław Bylina, November 6-7, 2015 in Warsaw, at the Instytut Historii (Polska Akademia Nauk). ; Summary in English.
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:Hus, Jan (1371-1415) ; Hus, Jan, 1369?-1415 - congresses ; Hussites - congresses ; historiography - Poland - congresses ; Hussites - history ; prophecies ; prophecy - Christianity ; prophecy - Christianity - history of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 ; prophecy - Christianity - influence
Abstract:
Apocalyptical prophesies attracted a great number of attentive listeners and readers in Hussite Bohemia. Jan Hus commented on and interpreted biblical and non-biblical prophesies that became an efficient instrument of his religious teaching. Though non-biblical prophesies were seldom used in texts or sermons, their orthodoxy was generally taken for granted. In (pre-)Hussite Bohemia the corpus of non-biblical prophesies was mostly composed of fundamental non-Bohemian texts, i.e. writings produced in a different political and socio-religious context. In Hussite Bohemia these texts acquired new meanings that rested significantly on the confessional preferences and political interests of their readers. For example, the reading of Hildegard of Bingen’s writings, both those that were authentic and others that were attributed to her, underwent some transformations in the Czech environment. Due to their anti-mendicant focus they enriched reformatory discourse in Bohemia. Furthermore, they were used as a welcome tool of criticism for the whole Church. On the other hand during the Hussite period the Catholic party adopted non-biblical prophesies to defame their Hussite opponents. In addition to polemical and reformatory considerations, the analysis of prophetic discourse brought new insights to the question of creating the (self)image of the medieval Church. The Church became the leading focus of non-biblical prophesies; an ideal, reformed Church was an important subject of utopian eschatology.
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Digitizing institution:Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Institute of History PAS
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