or Jan Huss
born с 1370, Husinec, Bohemia
died July 6, 1415, Konstanz
Bohemian religious reformer.
He studied and taught at the University of Prague, where he was influenced by indulgence s by the antipope John XXIII earned Hus's criticism, which in turn led to a revival of the case of heresy against him. He was invited to the Council of Constance to explain his views; though promised safe conduct, he was arrested, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. His writings were important in the development of the Czech language as well as in the theology of church reform, and his followers were called Hussite s.