«HISTORIA BOHEMICA» SYLVIA AENEAS PICCOLOMINI: INTERPRETATION OF THE IDEAS OF JAN HUS AND THE HUSSITE HERESY

Abstract

The article analyzes the «Historia Bohemica» Aeneas Piccolomini Sylvia - a source on the history of one of the most interesting periods in the history of the Czech state, the author's attitude to the Hussite heresy. Piccolomini in his book described the history of the state, which formed such a strong religious movement, criticized itself heretical teaching and its main ideologues. When writing the author used a number of sources, using a critical approach in their selection. As Aeneas was a contemporary and even a party to the main events of the XV century, «Historia Bohemica» contains a number of colorful and sharp portraits of his heroes. However, only those who are directly involved in the fate of the Czech Republic, given biographical descriptions.