Jerome of Prague and the Foundations of the Hussite Movement

Abstract

This book is a scholarly evaluation of the life, work, and influence of Jerome of Prague (ca. 1378–1416). It delineates the controversial nature of Jerome’s thinking with respect to the philosophical and theological implications of divine Ideas along with religious and social reform. Two legal proceedings concerned with heresy (Vienna 1410–1412 and Constance 1415–1416) in which Jerome was a defendant are analyzed by means of the primary sources. Jerome’s appearance before the Council of Constance in 1415 and 1416 is closely scrutinized. Jerome’s defense of Wyclifite thought, his battle with Jean Gerson, and his tumultuous journeys across Europe over the course of a dozen years provide context for understanding his place in the later Middle Ages. Jerome is an important figure in the history of Prague, Charles University, the development and shape of later medieval heresy, and the beginnings of the Hussite movement. Both as a colleague of Jan Hus as well as an independent thinker, Jerome must be numbered among the most important Czech personalities in the religious history of Bohemia. He provides an intellectual bridge between the Middle Ages and the European Reformations and should be considered part of the harvest of medieval thought.

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