Ke sporům o Viklefa a jeho 45 článků (I)
Disputes about Wyclif and his 45 Articles (I)

The Oxford Testimonial and Štěpán of Dolany

Summary/Abstract: This study is the first part of a planned series of articles on the issue of disputations about Wyclifin connection with his 45 articles. It analyses the anonymous undated refutation of OxfordUniversity’s testimonial on the blameless life and work of John Wyclif, and makes it accessiblein a critical edition in the form of an appendix. By taking into consideration manuscript preservation,argumentation, and literary arrangement as well as chronology, the author proves forthe first time the immediate relation of the refutation to the Carthusian cloister of Údolí Josafat(Valley of Josephat) in Dolany near Olomouc and its prior Štěpán of Dolany. A component ofthe study is an excursion into the issue of Archbishop Zbyněk’s synodal directive to surrenderbooks by Wyclif.

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