JOHN HUSS AND THE HUSSITE WARS
JOHN HUSS AND THE HUSSITE WARS
Chapter 1 BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND FIRST LABOURS OF HUSS
Bohemia – Introduction of the Gospel – Wicliffe's Writings – Pioneers – Milz, Stiekna, Janovius – Charles IV. – Huss – Birth and Education – Prague – Bethlehem Chapel
Chapter 2 HUSS BEGINS HIS WARFARE AGAINST ROME
The Two Frescoes – The University of Prague – Exile of Huss – Return – Arrival of Jerome – The Two Yoke-fellows – The Rival Popes, etc.
Chapter 3 GROWING OPPOSITION OF HUSS TO ROME
The "Six Errors" – The Pope's Bull against the King of Hungary – Huss on Indulgences and Crusades – Prophetic Words – Huss closes his Career in Prague
Chapter 4 PREPARATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE
Picture of Europe – The Emperor Sigismund – Pope John XXIII. – Shall a Council be Convoked? – Assembling of the Council at Constance – Entry of the Pope – Coming of John Huss – Arrival of the Emperor
Chapter 5 DEPOSITION OF THE RIVAL POPES
Canonization of St. Bridget – A Council Superior to the Pope – Wicliffe's Writings Condemned – Trial of Pope John – Indictment against him – He Escapes from Constance – His Deposition – Deposition of the Two Anti-Popes – Vindication of Huss beforehand
Chapter 6 IMPRISONMENT AND EXAMINATION OF HUSS
The Emperor's Safe-conduct – Imprisonment of Huss – Flame in Bohemia – No Faith to be kept with Heretics – The Pope and Huss in the same Prison – Huss brought before the Council – His Second Appearance – An Eclipse – Huss's Theological Views – A Protestant at Heart – He Refuses to Retract – His Dream
Chapter 7 CONDEMNATION AND MARTYRDOM OF HUSS
Sigismund and Huss face to face – The Bishop of Lodi's Sermon – Degradation of Huss – His Condemnation – His Prophecy – Procession – His Behaviour at the Stake – Reflections on his Martyrdom
Chapter 8 WICLIFFE AND HUSS COMPARED IN THEIR THEOLOGY, THEIR CHARACTER, AND THEIR LABOURS
Wicliffe and Huss, Representatives of their Epoch: the Former the Master, the Latter the Scholar – Both Acknowledge the Scriptures to be Supreme Judge and Authority, but Wicliffe more Completely – True Church lies in the "Totality of the Elect" – Wicliffe Fully and Huss more Feebly Accept the Truth of the Sole Mediatorship of Christ – Their Views on the Doctrine of the Sacraments – Lechler's Contrast between Wicliffe and Huss
Chapter 9 TRIAL AND TEMPTATION OF JEROME
Jerome – His Arrival in Constance – Flight and Capture – His Fall and Repentance – He Rises again
Chapter 10 THE TRIAL OF JEROME
The Trial of Jerome – Spirit and Eloquence of his Defense – Expresses his Sorrow for his Recantation – Horrors of his Imprisonment – Admiration awakened by his Appearance – Letter of Secretary Poggio – Interview with the Cardinal of Florence
Chapter 11 CONDEMNATION AND BURNING OF JEROME
Jerome Condemned – Appareled for the Fire – Led away – Sings at the Stake – His Ashes given to the Rhine
Chapter 12 WICLIFFE, HUSS, AND JEROME, OR THE FIRST THREE WITNESSES OF MODERN CHRISTENDOM
Great Eras and their Heralds – Dispensation for the Approach of which Wicliffe was to Prepare the Way – The Work that Wicliffe had done – Huss and Jerome follow Wicliffe – The Three Witnesses of Modern Christendom
Effect of Huss's Martyrdom in Bohemia – Spread of Hussism – The New Pope – Formalities of Election – Enthronisation – Bull against the Hussites – Pope's Departure for Rome – Ziska – Tumults in Prague
Chapter 14 COMMENCEMENT OF THE HUSSITE WARS
War Breaks out – Celebration in Both Kinds – First Success – The Turk – Ziska's Appeal – Second Hussite Victory – The Emperor Besieges Prague – Repulsed – A Second Repulse – The Crown of Bohemia Refused to the Emperor – Valour of the Hussites – Influence of their Struggle on the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
Chapter 15 MARVELLOUS GENIUS OF ZISKA AS A GENERAL
Blindness of Ziska – Hussite mode of Warfare – The Wagenburg – The Iron Flail – Successes – Ziska's Death – Grief of his Countrymen.
Chapter 16 SECOND CRUSADE AGAINST BOHEMIA
Procopius Elected Leader – The War Resumed – New Invasion of Bohemia – Battle of Aussig – -Total Rout and Fearful Slaughter of the Invaders – Ballad descriptive of the Battle
Chapter 17 BRILLIANT SUCCESSES OF THE HUSSITES
Another Crusade – Bishop of Winchester its Leader – The Crusaders – Panic – Booty reaped by the Hussites – Sigismund Negotiates for the Crown – Failure of Negotiation – Hussites Invade Germany and Austria – Papal Bull – A New Crusade – Panic and Flight of the Invaders.
Chapter 18 THE COUNCIL OF BASLE
Negotiations – Council of Basle – Hussites Invited to the Council – Entrance of Hussite Deputies into Basle – Their Four Articles – Debates in the Council – No Agreement – Return of the Deputies to Prague – Resumption of Negotiations – The Compactata – Its Equivocal Character – Sigismund accepted as King
Chapter 19 LAST SCENES OF THE BOHEMIAN REFORMATION
The Two Parties, Calixtines and Taborites