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Definition of Jan Hus

1. Noun. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415).

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Literary usage of Jan Hus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who are the Slavs?: A Contribution to Race Psychology by Paul Rankov Radosavljevich (1919)
"After the death of Jan Hus the Moravian Brethren assiduously cultivated the spirit of nationalism and directed their energies to developing their native ..."

2. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"But for this no guide is needed, as in every corridor a conspicuous beckoning hand points the way "to M. Jan Hus." A trifling fee admits the stranger into a ..."

3. The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown by Hugh LeCaine Agnew (2004)
"Master Jan Hus Master Jan Hus, since 1402 preacher at the Bethlehem chapel, emerged as the leader of the Czech reformers. Through the Bethlehem chapel, ..."

4. The Story of Bohemia from the Earliest Times to the Fall of National by Charles Edmund Maurice (1896)
"On July 6, 1369, Jan Hus was born at Husinec, in the south of Bohemia. This village lies in a deep HUSINEC, SHOWING COTTAGE WHERE HUS WAS BORN. valley among ..."

5. The Story of Bohemia from the Earliest Times to the Fall of National by Charles Edmund Maurice (1896)
"... 1402 that the appointment of Jan Hus secured to the Bethlehem Chapel a special position in the history of Bohemia. On July 6, 1369, Jan Hus was born at ..."

6. Prague by Bernd F. Gruschwitz (2001)
"A residential house was later built on the site, and in the early 1950s archaeologists discovered fragments of earlier inscriptions. The reformer Jan Hus ..."

7. Eminent Europeans: Studies in Continental Reality by Eugene Szekeres Bagger (1922)
"... but a thinker and a martyr, Jan Hus, the reformer treacherously burnt at the stake by order of the Emperor Sigismund at the Council of Constance, ..."

8. Adventure Guide to Germany by Henk Bekker (2005)
"Some 20000 people participated in this council at a time when the town's total population was just 6000. During the Council of Constance, Jan Hus was ..."

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