Czech-04005_-_Jan_Hus_(32176732314).jpg
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Description Czech-04005 - Jan Hus (32176732314).jpg |
The large monument in the middle of the Old Town Square in Prague is the statue of the reformer Jan Hus (John Huss), one of the most important personalities in Czech history. A hundred years before the Protestant Reformation was started by Martin Luther, Jan Hus was burnt as a heretic for reformist ideas. Master Jan Hus, the dean of the Charles University in Prague, criticized church practices such as selling indulgence. He used to preach in the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague and he was excommunicated by the pope for his ideas in 1410. Despite that, he continued in preaching and he had many followers in Prague, that´s why the pope interdicted the whole city of Prague in 1414. Finally, Jan Hus was invited to the Council in Constance and he was asked to renounce his ideas. He refused, and he was burnt at the stake as a heretic on 6th July 1415. |
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Source | Czech-04005 - Jan Hus |
Author | Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada |
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Camera location | 50° 05′ 15.89″ N, 14° 25′ 15.81″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 50.087746; 14.421057 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) 116M Views at https://flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/32176732314 ( archive ). It was reviewed on 1 March 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
1 March 2018