Culmination of the Confessionalization of the University of Prague at the End of the 1450s and Beginning of the 1460s in the Example of the Fate of Active Catholic Masters Cover Image

Die Beendigung der Konfessionalisierung der Prager Universität an der Wende von den 1450er zu den 1460er Jahren am Beispiel des Schicksals aktiver katholischer Magister
Culmination of the Confessionalization of the University of Prague at the End of the 1450s and Beginning of the 1460s in the Example of the Fate of Active Catholic Masters

Author(s): Blanka Zilynská
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: University of Prague; fifteenth century; confessionalization; Utraquism; Hilarius Litoměřický; Wenceslaus Křižanovský

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on a group of masters loyal to the Catholic administrator Hilarius Litoměřický who attempted to take control of the university at the end of the 1450s. Their gradual removal from the ranks of members of the University of Prague concluded the search for the schoolʼs profile. By 1462, it had become a well-defined Utraquist institution linked to the Church through communion under both kinds. The episode is an example of the politization of the activities of masters, particularly in academic self-administration.

  • Issue Year: 60/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 65-76
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: German