The Four Articles of Prague within the Public Sphere of Hussite Bohemia
On the 600th Anniversary of Their Declaration (1420–2020)
Kamila Veverková & Angelo Shaun Franklin
The Four Articles of Prague within the Public Sphere of Hussite Bohemia
On the 600th Anniversary of Their Declaration (1420–2020)
Kamila Veverková & Angelo Shaun Franklin
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Description
The Four Articles of Prague within the Public Sphere of Hussite Bohemia seeks to answer how and to what extent the Hussite movement influenced Bohemia’s transformation and constitutional development. It situates the Four Articles of Prague (presented here in a new translation) within the conceptualized framework of the European Reformation.
The program of the Hussite movement was only partially realized, but nevertheless left a deep impression on [subsequent] religious and social history. It therefore deserves to be accessible to the widest possible audience in a complete version with informative commentary. The present publication offers both and should thus be welcomed as a commendable achievement.
600 years since the "Golden Bull" of the Hussite Revolution—[this is] an excellent overview study of the genesis of the most prominent document of the Czech Reformation.
A remarkable illustration not only of the historical, but also of the legal and political significance of the Four Articles of Prague on the social transformation of medieval Bohemia.
On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of The Four Articles of Prague, this volume will prove of great interest not only to students of the Bohemian Reformation, but to all concerned with the larger history of the rise of modern legal, political and theological thought. Angelo Shaun Franklin’s English translation of The Four Articles of Prague includes extensive editorial notes that will allow readers rich engagement with the text and its sources. Furthermore, the translation of Kamila Veverková’s The Four Articles of Prague within the Public Sphere of Hussite Bohemia offers an excellent introduction to the period of Bohemian history both immediately preceding and in the decades following the public declaration of The Four Articles, in addition to examining how their effects continue to resound into the current era. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the larger story of Reformation social, political and, especially, legal thought and what it might mean for us today.
Kamila Veverková is dean of the Hussite Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague.
Angelo Shaun Franklin is an independent researcher , translator, and educational consultant in Prague.