From England to Bohemia Van Dussen Paperback Cambridge University Press

From England to BohemiaHeresy and Communication in the Later Middle Ages

The first examination of cultural exchanges between England and Bohemia after 1382, eventually leading to the suppression of heresy.

Michael Van Dussen (Author)

9781107479906, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 January 2015

232 pages
23 x 15.4 x 1.3 cm, 0.36 kg

'Van Dussen's book provides a careful and thorough account of communication between England and Bohemia from the later Middle Ages to the sixteenth century …' Bulletin of the German Historical Institute

This is the first book-length study of the influential cultural and religious exchanges which took place between England and Bohemia following Richard II's marriage to Anne of Bohemia in 1382. The ensuing growth in communication between the two kingdoms initially enabled new ideas of religion to flourish in both countries but eventually led the English authorities to suppress heresy. This exciting project has been made possible by the discovery of new manuscripts after the opening up of Czech archives over the past twenty years. It is the only study to analyze the Lollard-Hussite exchange with an eye to the new opportunities for international travel and correspondence to which the Great Schism gave rise, and examines how the use of propaganda and The Council of Constance brought an end to this communication by securing the condemnation of heretics such as John Wyclif.

Introduction: beyond reformist historiography: communication in schism Europe1. 'The occasion of Queene Anne'2. Common ground: Richard Rolle at the edges of orthodoxy in England and Bohemia3. Conveying heresy: texts, tidings and the formation of a Lollard-Hussite fellowship4. 'Ad regna et loca extranea': diplomacy against heresy, 1411–165. The aftermath: Bohemia in English religious polemic before FoxeAfterwardAppendix A. Three verse eulogies of Anne of Bohemia: an editionAppendix B. News of the Oldcastle Rising, 1414: an edition.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB], Literary studies: general [DSB]