Heretics and Reformers I. Introduction II. New Forms of Piety--the Modern Devotion III. New Forms of Leadership--Girolamo Savonarola IV. New Forms of Revolt--Jan Hus and the Hussite Church

Isenheim Altarpiece: Matthias Gruenewald

Isenheim Altarpiece: Matthias Gruenewald

Temptation of St. Anthony

Heretics and Reformers I. Introduction II. New Forms of Piety--the Modern Devotion III. New Forms of Leadership--Girolamo Savonarola IV. New Forms of Revolt--Jan Hus and the Hussite Church

Girolamo Savonarola

Heretics and Reformers I. Introduction II. New Forms of Piety--the Modern Devotion III. New Forms of Leadership--Girolamo Savonarola IV. New Forms of Revolt--Jan Hus and the Hussite Church

Europe in the 15th Century

Emperor Charles IV (1346-1378)

Jan Hus 1369-1415

Execution of Jan Hus

Blind general Jan Zizka and his peasant army