Wok of Waldstein was a
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
n noble and a notable figure among the
Hussites of
Prague. In 1410 he received a congratulatory letter from
John Oldcastle after a number of protests resulting from the burning of books written by
Wycliffe Wycliffe (and other similar spellings) may refer to:
People
*John Wycliffe (and other spellings) (c.1320s – 1384), English theologian and Bible translator
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. In 1412 he was the leader of a crowd that publicly burned
papal bulls regarding
intercession on the
pillory
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of Prague,
[Lea 2004, p. 450.] and he later protested against condemnation of
Jan Hus by the
Council of Constance
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.
Notes
References
* Lea, Henry C. (2004). ''A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages Part Two''. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. {{ISBN, 0-7661-8894-9
* Waugh, W. T. (1905). Sir John Oldcastle. ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 20, No. 79, pp. 434-456.
Medieval Bohemian nobility
Hussite people
15th-century Bohemian people