„Historia kacerstwa hussowego“ – osudy jednoho příběhu
Historia Kacerstva Husovego – a Life Story

Summary/Abstract: At the turn of the 1560s and 70s a polemic between Jakub Niemojewski, a devotee of the Unity of the Brethren, and a canon Benedikt Herbest began to arise in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. These authors newly retrieve a story of Hus’ life and death in their writings. Both of them use it to reveal weaknesses of the opponent above all. Herbest shows the newness of the Brethren learning through it, its roots in the recent past. And what is more, he strongly emphasises a negative side of these origins. Niemojewski turns it into the proof of the Roman Catholic falsehood, the unwillingness to discuss. Devotees of the pope are placed into the position of blind followers of the false teacher. That is why a historical event is newly interpreted and updated to serve for requirements of a writer and becomes not only the way to obtain the legitimacy but also to delegitimize an opponent. However, at the same time basic attitudes of authors toward the substance of the Church, causes of religious conflicts and a role of religious plurality in society are displeayed through short passages devoted to the Czech reformer.

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