Produced by Juliet Sutherland, D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net JOHN HUS A BRIEF STORY OF THE LIFE OF A MARTYR _by_ WILLIAM DALLMANN CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE SAINT LOUIS, MO. 1915 [Illustration: JOHN HUS] CONTENTS. PAGE 1. The Youth of Hus 1 2. Wiclif's Influence on Hus 5 3. Hus is Opposed 6 4. Hus Offends the Clergy 6 5. Hus Again Rector 8 6. Hus is Accused to the Pope 10 7. Hus Opposes the Pope 15 8. Hus is Excommunicated 17 9. Hus in Exile 18 10. The Council of Constance is Called to Convene 20 11. Hus Arrives at Constance 22 12. Hus in Prison 28 13. Hus Before the Council 35 14. Hus Again Before the Council 38 15. Hus Once More Before the Council 40 16. Hus Prepares for Death 45 17. Hus Condemned 48 18. Hus Degraded 51 19. Hus Made Over to the Emperor 55 20. Hus Burned 55 JOHN HUS BURNED JULY 6th. 1415 I. The Youth of Hus. In a humble hamlet in the southern section of beautiful Bohemia near the Bavarian border of poor peasant parents was born a boy and called Jan--Hus was added from Husinec, his birthplace; some say he saw the light of day on July 6, 1373, but that is not certain. When about sixteen Hus went to the University of Prag, the first one founded in the German empire by Charles IV in 1348. Here he sang for bread in the streets, like Luther after him, and often had to go to sleep hungry on the bare ground. [Illustration: WHERE HUS WAS BORN] Though many of the thousands of students from all parts of Europe were rowdies and immoral, the behavior of Hus was excellent and his diligence great. He took part in the rough sports; sometimes he played chess and even won money prizes. To the day of his death none of his many bitter enemies even so much as breathed a suspicion on his pure life. When pardons for sins were publicly sold during a jubilee in 1393, the devout young student gave up his last four pennies to secure this heavenly favor from the Pope. Jerome of Prag was a fellow student.