Jan Hus


 * Czech religious reformer
 * Burned at the stake at the 1415 Council of Constance
 * Despite the fact Emperor Sigismund guaranteed his safe passage
 * Influenced the ideas of John Wycliffe
 * King Wenceslaus IV supported him
 * One-time leader of the Bethlehem Chapel
 * Some of his followers formed the Taborite faction
 * Wrote the De ecclesia while in exile
 * Clashed with Archbishop Zbynek Zajic over the issue of Utraquism
 * Student of Stanislac of Znojmo
 * King George of Podebrady vigorously upheld a Compactata that legitimized the Hussites
 * Peter Payne became a Hussite