Death over Disobedience

The Legacy of Jan Hus, the Bohemian Reformer

At the center of the Old Town Square in the capital city of the Czech Republic stands a monument to one of its medieval citizens, the Bohemian reformer, Jan Hus. Born in what was known as Husinec, Bohemia in 1369, Hus would become not only a figure of national importance to the Czech nation but also an ideological forerunner to the Protestant Reformatio…