Jan z Jesenice

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Jan z Jesenice (Latin Joannes de Jessenicz , German also Johannes von Gaßnitz ) († around 1420 in South Bohemia) was a Czech priest , lawyer and friend of Jan Hus .

Life

He came from a poor family from Jesenice . In 1397 he became a bachelor and in 1408 a master of the arts. He passed the examination for the Bachelor of Law in 1407. In 1409, together with Hus and Christian von Prachatitz, he campaigned for the liberation of Štěpán z Pálče and Stanislaus von Znojmo .

He was an advocate of the Kuttenberg Decree (dekret kutnohorský). In 1410 he began studying law at the University of Bologna and represented Hus before the papal court. During the trial, however, he was forbidden from further representation and was banned from leaving Rome in 1411 ; he was imprisoned a year later. He managed to escape and returned to Bologna. Captured and detained again, he was freed from university by his friends. He finished his studies and did his doctoral thesis. After being banished on July 29, 1412 , he returned to Bohemia .

When he returned, he immediately began to tackle the papal ban on Hus. In 1413 he represented Hus at the synod and before the commission convened by Wenceslaus (HRR) .

He was an advocate of Jan Hus attending the Council in Constance . He justified his opinion by saying that this was the only way to defend your own views. When Hus was imprisoned, he wanted to defend him. In October 1415 an increased ban was placed on him and an interdict on Prague because he was staying there. However, this was of no importance to Jan z Jesenic. Wenceslas IV tried to reach an agreement with Jan. Jan then left Prague, but kept coming back there. In 1419 he was repeatedly called upon to leave Prague, shortly afterwards on February 26, 1419 the interdict was lifted.

After the split of the Hussites , he sided with the Prague against the Taborites . Jan z Jesenice probably died in Krumau Castle as a prisoner of Ulrich II von Rosenberg .

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SURNAME Jesenice, Jan z
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jessenicz, Johannes de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech priest, lawyer and friend of Jan Hus
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1420
Place of death Bohemia