"Jan Hus burned at the stake "
"1415: Czech religious reformer Jan Hus, whose criticisms of the church anticipated the Reformation by more than a century, was convicted of heresy at the Council of Constance and, on this day in 1415, was burned at the stake.
Jan Husborn c. 1370, Husinec, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]died July 6, 1415, Konstanz [Germany]
Hus also spelled Huss the most important 15th-century Czech religious Reformer, whose work was transitional between the medieval and the Reformation periods and anticipated the Lutheran Reformation by a full century. He was embroiled in the bitter controversy of the Western Schism (1378–1417) for his entire career, and he was convicted of heresy at the Council of Constance and burned at the stake."
Source:
"Hus, Jan." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 6 July 2006
[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041616].
