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291, 306-7.

[525] Jo. Hus Monument. I. 25 _b._--Von der Hardt IV. 307, 311-29.--Epistt. xii., xv., x.x.xvi. (Monument. I. 60-2, 69),--Palacky, pp. 275, 308-15.

The attempt to deny to Huss the inalienable privilege of recantation was based upon a mistranslated pa.s.sage of his Bohemian address to his disciples, in which he was made to a.s.sure them that if he was forced to abjure, it would only be with the lips and not with the heart (Palacky, pp. 274, 311). In such matters the council was at the mercy of Huss's Bohemian enemies.

[526] Von der Hardt IV. 432-33.

[527] Huss was by no means the first to suffer from this technical necessity of confession in abjuring. In the case of the English Templars, William de la More, Preceptor of England, and Humbert Blanc, Preceptor of Aquitaine, refused to abjure because they would not confess to heresies which they had never entertained.--Wilkins, Concil. II. 390, 393.

[528] Epistt. x.x.x., x.x.xi., x.x.xii. (Monument. I. 67-8).--Von der Hardt IV. 342-5.

[529] Mladenowic Relatio (Palacky, p. 309).--Epistt. xxvii., xxix., x.x.x., x.x.xviii., x.x.xix., xl., xli. (Monument. I. 63-66, 67, 70).--Von der Hardt IV. 329-30.--Palacky, pp. 225-34.

[530] Mladenowic Relatio (Palacky, pp. 316-17).--Von der Hardt IV.

345-6, 386.--Palacky, p. 560.

To appreciate properly the extent of the concessions offered to Huss it is necessary to bear in mind the elaborately careful formulas of abjuration which the inquisitors were accustomed to use, so as to allow no loophole for the avoidance of the penalties of relapse, and to force the penitent to betray his fellow-heretics. See Modus Procedendi (Martene Thesaur. V. 1800-1).--Lib. Sententt. Inq. Tolosan. p.

215.--Bern. Guidon. Practica pp. 92-3 (ed. Douais).

[531] Mladenowic Relatio (Palacky, pp. 318-21).--Von der Hardt IV.

389-96, 432-40.--Harduin. VIII. 408-10.--Richentals Chronik p.

80.--Richental says that Huss was delivered to the secular arm with the customary adjuration for mercy, but the text of the sentence as printed by Von der Hardt contains no such clause. It may well have been omitted at Sigismund's request, as he had already incurred sufficient obloquy, but the same omission is noticeable in the sentence of Jerome of Prague (Von der Hardt IV. 771).

[532] Richentals Chronik pp. 80-2.--Von der Hardt IV. 445-8.--Mladenowic Relatio (Palacky, pp. 321-4).--aen. Sylvii Hist. Bohem. c. 36.--Laur.

Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 135-6).--Andrew Ratispon. Chron.

(Pez Thes. Anecdot. IV. III. 627).

[533] P. d'Ailly (Theod. a Niem) de Necess. Reform. c. 28, 29 (Von der Hardt I. VI. 306-9).--Theod. Vrie Hist. Concil. Constant. Lib. VI. Dist.

11; Lib. VII. Dist. 3 (Ibid. I. 170-1, 181-2). It is simply a lack of familiarity with the ecclesiastical jurisprudence of the Middle Ages that has led historians to regard the cases of Huss and Jerome as exceptional. Even so well informed an authority as Lechler does not hesitate to say "Hussens Verbrennung war, mit dem Ma.s.sstab des damaligen Rechts gemessen, ein warer Justizmord" (Herzog's Real-Encyklop. VI. 392).

[534] Loserth, Huss u. Wiclif p. 156.--Epistt. lxi., lxii., lxiv.

(Monument. I. 77-9, 81).--Von der Hardt IV. 489-90, 494-7.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 580-4, 593-4.--Laur. Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 136).

The temper of the Bohemians had been excited, a few days before the burning of Huss, by the news that in Olmutz a student of Prague named John, described as a zealous follower of G.o.d, had been, within the short s.p.a.ce of twelve hours, arrested, tortured, convicted, and burned.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, p. 561.

[535] Von der Hardt IV. 634-91, 756.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 63, 336-7, 408-9, 417-20, 506, 572.--Loserth, Mittheilungen des Vereins fur Gesch.

der Deutschen in Bohmen, 1885, pp. 108-9.--Schrodl, Pa.s.savia Sacra, pp.

284-5.

[536] Von der Hardt IV. 103-5, 134_bis_.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, p.

541-2.--Richentals Cronik, p. 78.--Laur. Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. ann.

1415 (Ludewig VI. 132).

[537] Von der Hardt IV. 119, 134, 139, 142, 148-9, 216-18.

[538] Richentals Cronik p. 70.--Theod. Vrie Hist. Concil. Constant. Lib.

VI. Dist. 12.--Theod. a Niem de Vita Joann. PP. XXIII. Lib. III. c.

8.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 596-9.

[539] Von der Hardt IV. 501-7.--Richentals Cronik p. 79.--In the final official articles drawn up against Jerome by the _Promotor Haereticae Pravitatis_, his absolute refusal to write to Bohemia, after promising to do so, is made a special point of accusation. Yet his letter to that effect, of September 12, is still on record, and in his last defiant address to the council he speaks of having written it under fear of burning, and now desires to withdraw it (V. d. Hardt IV. 688, 761).

[540] Von der Hardt III. IV. 39; IV. 634-91.--Laur. Byzyn Diar. Bell.

Hussit (Ludewig VI. 137-8).

[541] Von der Hardt IV. 600-1, 732-33, 748-56.

[542] Von der Hardt III. 64-9.

[543] Ibid. IV. 754-62.

[544] Von der Hardt III. 55-60; IV. 763-71.--Theod. Vrie Hist. Conc.

Constant. Lib. VII. Dist. 4.

[545] Von der Hardt III. 64-71; IV. 771-2.--Richentals Cronik p.

83.--Theod. Vrie Hist. Conc. Constant. Lib. VII. Dist. 3.--Laur. Byzyn.

Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 141).--aen. Sylvii Hist. Bohem. c. 36.

[546] Chron. Gla.s.sberger ann. 1416.

[547] Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 566-7, 572-9, 602-3.--Von der Hardt IV.

528, 609-12, 724, 781-2, 823-40.--aen. Sylvii. Hist. Bohem. c.

35.--Theod. a Niem Vit. Joann. PP. XXIII. Lib. III. c. 12.

[548] Epistt. lxiii., lxv. (Jo. Hus Monument. I. 79-80, 82).--Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 611-14, 621.--Ludewig Rel. MSS. VI. 69.--Stepbani Cartus.

Epist. ad Hussitas P. I. c. 5 (Pez Thesaur. Anecd. IV. II. 521).

[549] Von der Hardt IV. 1077-82, 1410-13.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 652-4.

Doubtless there was much ill-treatment of such of the clergy as remained faithful to Rome. In 1417 Stephen of Olmutz complains that they were driven from their benefices, beaten, and slain.--Steph. Cartus. Epist.

ad Hussit. P. I. c. 3 (Pez Thesaur. Anecd. IV. II. 517).

[550] Von der Hardt IV. 1514-18.--Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 676-77.

[551] Von der Hardt IV. 1518-31.--Palacky pp. 684-6.

[552] Palacky Doc.u.menta, pp. 631-2, 633-8, 654-6, 679.--Laur. Byzyn.

Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 138-9).--Jo. Hus Monument. II.

364.--aegid. Carlerii Lib. de Legation. (Monument Concil. General. Saec.

XV. T. I. pp. 385-6).

[553] Laur. Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. pp. 142-44).--aen.

Sylvii Hist. Bohem. c. 36, 37.

[554] Laur. Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 145-52, 154-56).--Hist. Persecut. Eccles. Bohem. pp. 37-8.--Camerarii Hist.

Frat. Orthod. p. 49.

[555] aegid. Carlerii Lib. de Legation. (Mon. Concil. General. Saec. XV.

T. I. p. 387).--Laur. Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 152-4, 157-8, 168, 172).

[556] Laur. Byzyn. Diar. Bell. Hussit. (Ludewig VI. 159).--Raynald. ann.