Growth of Reform
1370-1374 Jan Milíc of Kromeírž teaches in Prague, establishes "New Jerusalem" for prostitutes
c.1372 Jan Hus born in Husinec
1384 John Wyclif dies in England
1389 Reformer Matej of Janov charged with heresy, recants
1391 Bethlehem Chapel founded
1401 Jerome of Prague brings copies of Wyclif's books back from England
1402 Hus becomes preacher at Bethlehem Chapel
1403 Wyclifism condemned in Prague
1409 Anti-reform German professors leave Charles University, Hus elected rector
Church and State
1378 Emperor Charles IV dies, Václav IV becomes head of Czech lands; Great Schism begins with both Urban VI and Clement VII elected pope
1387 Václav's half-brother Sigismund crowned king of Hungary
1393 Political conspiracy against Václav
1400 Václav deposed as Holy Roman Emperor
1402 Sisigmund imprisons Václav; Zbynek Zajíc of Hazmburk consecrated archbishop of Prague
1408 King Ladislas of Naples seizes Rome from Pope Gregory XII
1409 Council of Pisa deposes Gregory XII and Benedict XII, elects Alexander V as pope
Opposition
1410 Papal bull prohibits preaching in private chapels, including Bethlehem; Wyclif's books publicly burned in Prague; Hus excommunicated (twice)
1411 Hus excommunicated a third time; Zbynek flees Prague, dies in hiding
1412 Public demonstrations break out in Prague; Jakoubek of Stríbro declares the papacy antichrist; Hus excommunicated a fourth time; Prague threatened with interdict, Hus goes into voluntary exile
1413-1414 Hus writes De Ecclesia and other books
1414 Hus departs for Council of Constance; Jakoubek introduces utraquism (lay Communion in bread and wine) in Prague
1415 Utraquism condemned by Council of Constance; Hus burned as a heretic; Czech barons form Hussite league
1416 Jerome of Prague ...

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