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White Mountain, see Bila Hora
Wiche, Richard, his letter to Hus, 134, 135
William of Occam, 5; his views concerning the secular power of the pope, 9
Wilsnack, Hus sent to investigate the supposed miracles performed at, 82–84
Witold, Duke of Lithuania, elected King of Bohemia, 363
Women of Bohemia, their joining in church singing derided by the prelacy, 302; their resentment at the evil life of the latter, 302; their fervent adherence to Hus, 302
Wycliffe, indebtedness of Hus to exaggerated, 18–22, 117, 118; Hus studies his works, 79; Hübner’s “articles” against, 80; translation of work of his by Hus, 89; strange tale concerning, 117; his writings burnt, 122, 125; all his works declared heretical, 169; pronouncement of Council of Constance against, 238; endeavours made to prove Hus’s identity of views with at the former’s trial, 250, 255, 256; his character compared with that of Hus, 299
Zabarella, Cardinal, appointed to examine Hus, 237; at Hus’s trial, 280
Zbynek, Archbishop of Prague, 81; his efforts to improve the moral conduct of the clergy, 81, 82; appoints Hus preacher to the synod, 82; appoints him to inquire into the Holy Blood of Wilsnack, 82; becomes less friendly to Hus, 86; letter from Hus to, 86, 87; supporter of the rival Pope Gregory, 102; signs a decree against Hus, 103; opposes the king’s wishes, and retires from Prague, 115; brings further accusations against Hus, 118, 119; his embassy to Alexander V., 121; in accordance with papal bull orders destruction of Wycliffe’s works and forbids heretical preaching, 122, 123; burns the books and excommunicates Hus, 125; ordered by king to refund the value of the books and refuses, 138; some of his property confiscated, 138; places Prague under an interdict, 139; thinks it politic to make peace with the king, 141; his dispute with Hus is settled by arbitration, 141, 142, 143; renewed bitterness between, 143; retires from Prague, 144; his threatening letter to the king, and death, 145
Zdenek of Laboun, Provost of All Saints, royal commissioner at the church conference in Prague, 173, 174
Zizka, John, of Trocnov, 221, 335; leads attack on town hall of Prague, 347; leads the Taborites against Prague, 348; to the help of Prague, 353, 354; his political and religious views, 359; his devotion to Hus’s memory, 359; defeats Sigismund at Nebovid, 363; joins the extreme Taborites, 363; defeats the Calixtines at Horic, 364; and at Kralove Hradec and Malesov, 364; at the meeting at “Spitalske pole,” 364, 365; leads the united Hussites on a last campaign, 365; marches against Moravia, is attacked by plague and dies, 365
Zmrzlik, Peter, meeting of contending Hussites in house of, 362, 363
Zrcadlo Hrichuv (Mirror of Sin) by Hus, 186
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