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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Jan Hus, Manuel Chrysoloras, Philippa of Lancaster, Dafydd Gam, Jean Malouel, Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, Profiat Duran, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne, Richard Courtenay, Maria van Arkel, Andrea da Firenze, Bonne d'Armagnac, Charles I of Albret, Thomas Grey, Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama, Delbeg Khan, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Alice FitzAlan, Jan I van Brederode, Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, Gadifer de la Salle, Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, Jean I, Duke of Alencon, Robert Reed, Johannes von Tepl, Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Philip II, Count of Nevers, Jean I de Croy, Master Bertram, Azzo X d'Este, Juan de Tovar y Toledo, Edward III, Duke of Bar, Patrick Barrett, Frederick I, Count of Vaudemont, Ugolino III Trinci, Beatriz Pereira de Alvim, Otto IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Xie Jin, Muriq Bua Shpata, Jean IV de Bueil, John of Bar. Excerpt: Jan Hus (Czech pronunciation: c. 1369 - 6 July 1415), often referred to in English as John Hus or John Huss, was a Czech priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague. After John Wycliffe, the theorist of ecclesiastical Reformation, he was, before Luther, Calvin and Zwingli, the first actual Church reformer. He is famed for having been burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church, including those on ecclesiology (the branch of theology concerned with the nature, constitution and functions of the Church), the Eucharist (the most important Christian sacrament), and other theological topics. Hus was a key predecessor to the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century, and his teachings had a strong influence on the states of Europe, mos...
