Bohemian Religious Unrest and Wycliffe's Influence

Timeline

1. 1391–1394University of Prague · BohemiaThrough the marriage alliance of the English royal house and the Bohemian court, Wycliffe's Latin works entered Central Europe via the University of Prague's theology faculty; Czech scholars began translating and discussing his radical claims about church property, the Eucharist, and scriptural authority.
2. 1394–1399Bethlehem Chapel · BohemiaJan Hus taught at the University of Prague and preached in Czech at the Bethlehem Chapel, openly criticizing church corruption, simony, and clerical moral decay, winning support from townspeople and some nobles and intensifying conflict with conservative theologians.
3. 1395–1399Prague · BohemiaThe Archbishop of Prague and conservative scholars condemned Wycliffism as heresy and demanded suppression of related works; Hus and his supporters argued their case, Bohemian religious division grew increasingly evident, and the papacy could not effectively suppress it amid the Western Schism.