
Added on January 12, 2026
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Short and dated, but you can get crucial context on Czech history on the plane ride over and still have time for a movie and a nap.
This biography is brief, easy to read, written for the young, and does not get sidetracked from the story. I love the story of John Hus and would recommend that any Christian learn it—however, here is why this book lost two stars:1. Dallmann glosses over some historical issues which are important to the story of Hus' death. Most obviously, the legend of "the goose and the swan" prophecy at Hus' execution is firmly in the realm of legend. (See Location 349.) The earliest retellings of it are from
Korte biografie van John Hus, een priester uit Bohemen in de 14de eeuw, die de stellingen van Wycliffe verdedigde. De katholieke kerk was in deze tijd erg verdeeld, op een gegeven moment waren er zelfs 3 pausen. John Hus werd beschuldigd van ketterij, men stond hem geen verdediging toe, en hij stierf op de brandstapel. Hij wordt in dit boekje ook vaak vergeleken met Luther, die 100 jaar later zou optreden.