The letter of Václav Koranda the Younger to Hanuš of Kolovraty in Pilsen from the period of the second Hussite war

Abstract

This paper discusses a letter that Vaclav Koranda the Younger who was later to become the administrator of the Utraquist Church sent to the Catholic nobleman Hanuš of Kolovraty in the time of the second Hussite war. Attention is paid to the contents of the letter written in response to a letter by Hanuš which did not survive.

Koranda defends Utraquism and argues against the alleged ritualism of the Catholic Church.

Keywords

• Václav Koranda the Younger
• Hanuš of Kolovraty
• Utraquists
• catholics
• noblemen
• polemical writings
• letters
• 15th centrury