Melancholy about the lay chalice : The polemic between John of Capistrano and John of Borotín
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2022-2-6 |
| Keywords | John of Capistrano; Hussites; Utraquism; polemical letters; Reformation; heresy; medieval polemic; John of Borotín; observance |
| Description | Among various reform impulses in the 15th century, the preaching of John of Capistrano, a famous Franciscan friar and an ardent preacher, played an important role in spreading strict observance and orthodoxy. During his tour through Central and Eastern Europe, which he undertook between 1451 and 1456 in the last years of his life, John exchanged several hundred letters (ca. 400) with the people in the countries through which he travelled. These then constitute an unparalleled corpus illustrating the history of Europe in the late 15th century. After the publication of letters related to Poland and the upcoming volume illustrating Hungarian matters, an edition of the correspondence between John of Capistrano and various people from Bohemia and Moravia is currently under preparation. These letters (ca. 150) include – among others – a group of two dozen polemical letters that John of Capistrano exchanged with the Hussite “heretics”. This paper analyses one of the sharpest polemics, written by John of Borotín to John of Capistrano on 20 August 1451, by presenting its critical edition together with an English translation of the Latin text, as well as by resolving the question of the authorship attribution. |
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