IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 703: Re-Evaluating John Wycliffe in Bohemia

Tuesday 4 July 2023, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	Lollard Society
Organiser:	Patrick Outhwaite, Department of English, McGill University, Québec
Moderator/Chair:	Michael van Dussen, Department of English, Ohio State University
Paper 703-a	Wycliffe in Late Medieval Bohemia Revisited (Language: English) Martin Dekarli, Hussite Theological Faculty, Univerzita Karlova, Praha Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Religious Life
Paper 703-b	The Influence of Wycliffe's Theory of Universals on Prague Masters: An Example of Stanislav of Znojmo and His Treatise De universalibus (Language: English) Jakub Šenovský, Evangelická teologická fakulta, Univerzita Karlova, Praha Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Philosophy
Paper 703-c	Wycliffe's Legacy of Peace in 15th-Century Bohemia (Language: English) Martin Pjecha, Department of History, Central European University, Budapest Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Religious Life
Paper 703-d	Stanislav of Znojmo's Treatises on Wycliffe's Summa de Ente (Language: English) Stephen Lahey, Department of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Index terms: Philosophy, Theology
Abstract	Scholars have long linked John Wycliffe's ideas with masters of the University of Prague and the Hussite movement. For over a century, critics have emphasised certain narratives of how the Oxford theologian's works spread to Central Europe and how Bohemian masters adapted his theology and political theory. This panel presents new sources and emphases that challenge this critical consensus. Panellists will re-contextualise the origins and legacies of Wycliffe's texts in Bohemia, analyse his influence on Prague masters such as Stanislav of Znojmo and explore the ways in which Hussites adapted his ideas of radical pacifism.