Jan z Jenštejna, german: Johann II. von Jenstein, Johannes VI. von Jenstein. Johann von Jenzenstein, Johann von Genzenstein (1348 in
Prague
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,
Bohemia
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,
Crown of Bohemia
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– 17 June 1400 in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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) was the
Archbishop of Prague
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from 1379 to 1396. He studied in
Bologna
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,
Padova
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,
Montpellier
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and
Paris
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. He was also a
poet
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,
writer
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and
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
.
Life
In 1379 he became the owner of the castle Hrádek. In 1379 he succeeded to the
archbishopric
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of his uncle
Jan Očko z Vlašimi who had stepped down. Soon he became
Chancellor
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to
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
Wenceslaus IV (also ''Wenceslas''; cs, Václav; german: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 136116 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he w ...
. The next year the capital was struck by a
Plague epidemic, which struck him as well. He recovered, but this episode left deep scars on his character and he began to examine theological and philosophical problems at his castle
Helfenburk u Úštěka.
He had abandoned public life because of a quarrel with Wenceslav IV, which was mainly over the matter of the
Popes of Avignon. Jan was still loyal to
Pope Urban VI
Pope Urban VI ( la, Urbanus VI; it, Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death in October 1389. He was the most recent pope to be elected from outside the ...
, to whom the king was not. In 1384 he left his chancellor post. The quarrel with the king removed him completely from political life, and he retired to his castle and abandoned the post of archbishop on 2 July 1396. He was succeeded as archbishop by Olbram ze Škvorce.
While on his castle, he fell from a newly built tower and miraculously managed to grab hold of something before falling to the ground.
He died in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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in 1400, and all his possessions, including his castle, passed to the Archbishops of Prague.
Artistic works
His musical works were compiled in the book "Die Hymnen Johanns von Jenstein, Erzbischofs von Prag" of Q. M. Dreves. The book was published in German in 1886. His literary activity was very rich and includes not only religious and philosophical works, but also poems.
References
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Weltsch, Ruben Ernest (1968) ''Archbishop John of Jenstein (1348–1400): papalism, humanism and reform in pre-Hussite Prague'' Mouton, The Hague
OCLC 963607*
Wratislaw, Albert Henry (1878) "John of Jenstein, archbishop of Prague, 1378-1397" ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'' 7: pp. 30–57
* (1999) ''Jan Milíč z Kroměříže a Jan z Jenštejna'' Cisterciana Sarensis, Žďár nad Sázavou
OCLC 44149277 in Czech
* (1938) ''Jan z Jenštejna: Mariánský a eucharistický horlitel české gotiky'' Vítězové, profesoři bohosloveckého učiliště řádu dominikánského, Olomouc
OCLC 85601162in Czech
*
Holinka, Rudolf (1933) ''Církevní politika arcibiskupa Jana z Jenštejna za pontifikátu Urbana VI: Studie z dĕjin velikého schismatu zapadního'' University Komenskeho, Bratislava
OCLC 19047598in Czech
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