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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) Appeal to the Court - The Letters of John Hus
Appeal to the Court - Jan Huss, The Letters of John Hus [1904]Edition used:The Letters of John Hus. With Introductions and Explanatory Notes by Herbert B. Workman and R. Martin Pope (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904).
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- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I.—: Letters Written Before the Death of Archbishop Zbinek ( June 30, 1408— September 28, 1411)
- Letter I: To Zbinek, Archbishop of Prague ( Undated: June 30, 1408; Prague )
- Letter II: To the Nuns of a Certain Convent ( Undated: September 1408?)
- Letter III: To Zbinek, Archbishop of Prague ( Undated: Early December 1408)
- Letter IV: To Master Zawissius, Rector of Prachaticz ( Late Autumn, 1408)
- Letter V: To the People of Laun 1 ( Undated: About 1410)
- Letter VI: The Letter of Richard Wyche ( London: September 8, 1410)
- Letter VII: To a Certain Monk ( January 18, 1411)
- Letter VIII: To John Barbatus and the People of Chrumnaw ( May 25, 1411)
- IX.: To John XXIII., The Roman Pontiff 1 ( September 1, 1411)
- X.: To the College of Cardinals ( Without Date: Early In September 1411)
- Part II.—: From the Death of Zbinek to the Exile of Hus ( September 1411— September 1412)
- XI.: To the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Bohemia ( Undated: December 1411)
- XII.: To the People of Pilsen 1 ( Undated: March ( ? ) 1412)
- XIII.: To Ladislaus, King of Poland ( June 10, 1412 1 )
- XIV.: To the Brethren of the Monastery of Dolein, In Moravia ( Undated: Summer 1412)
- XV.: To Masters Martin and Nicolas Miliczin ( Undated: August ( ? ) 1412)
- Part III.—: Letters Written During the Exile of Hus ( September 1412— August 1414)
- XVI.: To the People of Prague. ( Without Date: Early In October 1412).
- XVII.: To the Same. ( Without Date: Early In October 1412)
- XVIII.: To the Same ( Without Date: October ( ? ) 1412)
- XIX.: To the Same ( Without Date: October 1412)
- XX.: To the Faithful Bohemians ( Without Date: December 1412 1 )
- XXI.: To the People of Prague ( Without Date: December 1412)
- XXII.: To the Same ( December 25, 1412)
- XXIII.: To the Same 1 ( Without Date: January ( ? ) 1413)
- XXIV.: To the Same ( Without Date: January ( ? ) 1413)
- XXV.: To the Synod of Prague In the Year 1413 ( Without Date: After February 6, 1413 1 )
- XXVI.: To Master Christian of Prachaticz, Rector of the University of Prague. ( Without Date: Early 1413)
- XXVII.: To the Same ( Without Date: After April 1413 5 )
- XXVIII.: To the Same ( Without Date: After April 1413)
- XXIX.: To the Same ( Without Date: 1413)
- XXX.: To the Same ( Without Date: End of April ( ? ) 1413 1 )
- XXXI.: To Master John Sybart 2 In the University of Vienna ( July 1, 1413)
- XXXII.: To the People of Prague ( Without Date: Early In 1414 1 )
- Part IV.—: Letters Written On the Journey to Constance ( August—november, 1414.)
- Notice to the Synod
- Appeal to the Court
- XXXIII.: To Sigismund, King of the Romans and of Hungary ( Prague: September 1, 1414)
- XXXIV.: To His Bohemian Friends On Starting For Constance ( Without Place: Near Krakowec; Without Date: October 12, 1414)
- XXXV.: To Master Martin, His Disciple 2 ( Prague, Beginning of October 1414)
- XXXVI.: To His Bohemian Friends ( Nuremberg, October 20, 1414)
- XXXVII.: To the Same ( Constance, November 4, 1414)
- XXXVIII.: To the Same ( Constance, November 6, 1414)
- XXXIX.: To the Faithful Bohemians 1 ( Constance, November 16, 1414)
- Part V.—: Letters Written During the Imprisonment At the Blackfriars ( November 16, 1414— March 24, 1415)
- Xl.: to the People of Prague 1 ( Blackfriars, January 19, 1415)
- Xli.: to John of Chlum ( Blackfriars, Without Date: January 1415)
- Xlii.: to John of Chlum ( Blackfriars, Without Date: February 1415)
- Xliii.: to Peter Mladenowic ( Without Date: February 1415)
- Xliv.: to John of Chlum ( Undated: February 1415)
- Xlv.: to the Same ( Without Date: February, 1415)
- Xlvi.: to His Friends At Constance ( Without Date: End of February 1415)
- Xlvii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: February 28 ( ? ), 1415)
- Xlviii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: March 4, 1415)
- Xlix.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: March 6 Th, 1415 3 )
- L.: to His Friends ( Without Date: Middle March 1415)
- Li.: to His Friends After the Pope’s Flight ( Without Date: March 21, 1415)
- Lii.: to the Same ( March 24, 1415)
- Part VI.—: Letters Written From the Franciscan Friary ( June 5, 1415— July 6, 1415)
- Liii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: Morning, June 5, 1415)
- Liv.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: June 5, 1415)
- Lv.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: June 6, 1415)
- Lvi.: to Peter Mladenowic ( Without Date: June 6, 1415)
- Lvii.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: June 7, 1415 1 )
- Lviii.: to His Friends In Constance ( Without Date: June 8, 1415)
- Lix.: to the Same ( Without Date: June 9 Or 10, 1415 2 )
- Lx.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: After June 8, 1415)
- Lxi.: to Henry Skopek De Duba ( Without Date: June 9, 1415 1 )
- Lxii.: to a Friend ( June 9, 1415)
- Lxiii.: to His Bohemian Friends ( Without Date: Shortly After June 8, 1415)
- Lxiv.: to All the People of Bohemia 5 ( June 10, 1415)
- Lxv.: to Henry Skopek De Duba 1 ( June 13, 1413)
- Lxvi.: to Master Martin, His Disciple 1 ( June 16, 1415)
- Lxvii.: Master John Hus to the “father” ( Without Date: Middle of June )
- Lxviii.: Master John Hus to the “father” ( Without Date: Middle of June 1415)
- Lxix.: to His Friends In Constance ( Without Date: After June 18, 1415)
- Lxx.: to His Friends In Constance ( June 21, 1415)
- Lxxi.: to Gallus (hawlik 1 ), Preacher In the Bethlehem ( June 21, 1415)
- Lxxii.: to Master Christian ( Without Date: About June 22, 1415)
- Lxxiii.: to His Friends At Constance ( June 23, 1415)
- Lxxiv.: to the Faithful Bohemians 1 ( June 24, 1415)
- Lxxv.: to His Bohemian Friends ( Without Date: June 24 Or 25, 1415)
- Lxxvi.: to the Faithful Bohemians 5 ( June 26, 1415)
- Lxxvii.: to the Same ( June 27, 1415)
- Lxxviii.: to the University of Prague ( June 27, 1415)
- Lxxix.: to Barons Wenzel De Duba and John of Chlum ( Undated: ? Middle Or End of June )
- Lxxx.: to John of Chlum ( June 29, 1415)
- Lxxxi.: to Wenzel De Duba ( June 29, 1415)
- Lxxxii.: to His Friends In Bohemia 3 ( June 29, 1415)
- Hus’s Final Declaration ( July 1, 1415)
- Appendix A: a Doubtful Letter of Hus
Appeal to the Court
To his Majesty, to the Queen, to their advisers, the Prefect of the court, and the whole court.
I, Master John Hus, do hereby make known and declare that, whereas I did clearly learn from certain persons that a letter was sent by the Pope to his Majesty (though I knew not by whom it was transcribed), wherein his Majesty was advised zealously to weed out of his kingdom of Bohemia all budding heretics, and whereas, as I put my trust in God, it was without fault of my own that a rumour of that kind did arise, causing me to be pointed at with the finger, I despatched hither and thither many letters, lest on any account his Majesty should incur slander and Bohemia disgrace, and, moreover, caused them to be posted up, announcing that I would show myself in the Archbishop’s court, in order that cognisance might be taken of my beliefs: accordingly, if there had been any one in the kingdom of Bohemia who could charge me with any heresy, he might have announced his name in the Archbishop’s court and publicly indicted me there. But inasmuch as no one came forward and my lord the Archbishop gave me and my proctors no locus standi, therefore, in the name of justice, I entreat his Majesty, the Queen, their advisers, and the Prefect of the entire court to grant to me due attestation of this fact—namely, that I made the above declaration, and publicly posted up a letter concerning this matter, and that no one in the whole kingdom stood forth against me. Again, besides all this, I hereby make known to the whole of Bohemia, and to the other countries from old time of vast importance, that I wish to appear in Constance at the Council that has been summoned, in the presence of the Pope, if he is to be there, and before the said General Council. If any one can lay any heresy to my charge, let him prepare to set out to the Council, that he may there in person lay before the Pope and the whole Council whatever heresy he hath heard me utter. If I shall be convicted of any heresy, I do not refuse to suffer the penalties of a heretic. But I trust God, whom I truly love, that He will not permit the detractors and adversaries of the truth to overcome the truth. Hus did not neglect to take other steps for his defence. The same day (August 30), ‘in the upper room of the house of the Master of the Mint, John of Jesenicz, the procurator of Hus, humbly but earnesly inquired of Nicholas, Bishop of Nazareth, inquisitor of heresy for the city and diocese of Prague: “Reverend father, do you know of any error or heresy in Master John de Husinecz, alias Hus?” To which the said Lord Nicholas answered, not of compulsion, but freely and publicly in the Czech tongue: “I have met Master John Hus many times and in many places, eating and drinking with him. I have often been present at his sermons; I have had many talks with him on diverse matters of Holy Scripture. In all his words and deeds I have ever found him to be a true and catholic man, in no wise savouring of heresy or error” ’ (Doc. 242). Certain of the nobles procured a similar declaration from the Archbishop. So, on the following day (September 1), Hus despatched a letter to Sigismund, enclosing copies of the notices he had posted in Prague and elsewhere, and not forgetting, we imagine, though of this the letter says nothing, to forward a copy of the Bishop of Nazareth’s certificate of orthodoxy.
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