Dear Colleagues,

Much is changing about the study of the Hussites as a 15th century phenomenon to preclude comparisons to 16th century German reform movements. Problematically, the artificiality of Luther as a definite marker of Protestantism complicates investigating possible ties between Hussites and Protestantism. The European Reformations transcend agreeable resonance in the later Middle Ages and cannot be limited to, or defined by, its German manifestations. Reformation is not only evident along the fault lines that separate 16^th century dissenters from the Roman Church. These limitations distort history. The Hussites are neither the antithesis of the medieval church and religious practice, nor simply forerunners of the Reformations. Change and continuity persist across the artificial divide that tends to separate Catholics from Protestants with the latter heralding the former and the former emphasizing the latter. Too often the Hussite movement is numbered among the cardinal sins of omission because they are excluded from the tightly-welded shut categories of historical inquiry and discourse.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to consider the fifteenth-century Hussite episode and endeavour to situate this history in the broader period after the outbreak of the European Reformations as a discrete topic of inquiry but one that can be explored in relation to the European Reformations. Heretofore, a principle assumption has been that the Hussite tradition forms a precursor to the more important religious events of the sixteenth century. The Special Issue aims to challenge that perspective by considering aspects of the Hussite legacy especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The collection of essays will form an important contribution to the historiography of European religious history.

Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Fudge
Guest Editor

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• Hussites
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• heresy
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