Václav Koranda from Pilsen

Václav Koranda von Pilsen (German Wenzel Koranda von Pilsen ; Czech Václav Koranda z Plzně ; Latin Wenceslaus Coranda de Plzna ; * between 1422 and 1424 in Pilsen ; † between February 1 and 9, 1519 in Prague ) was a Hussite theologian and university Magister . In 1462/63 and 1470/71 as well as in 1513 he was rector of Charles University and from 1471 to 1497 administrator of the utraquist church.

Life

Václav / Wenzel Koranda studied at the Charles University , where he obtained the academic degree of baccalaureus in 1454 . After completing his master's degree , he taught at the university from 1458; In 1460 he held the office of dean and in 1462/63 and 1470/71 the office of rector. In 1462 he belonged to the embassy of the Bohemian King George of Podebrady , which unsuccessfully asked Pope Pius II for the official confirmation of the elected Archbishop Jan Rokycana and for compliance with the compactate , which had been passed at the Council of Basel and was later repealed by the Pope has been. After four months he returned with his companions Prokop von Rabstein , Jan Malovec, Zdeňek Kostka von Postupitz and Václav Vrbenský without any result. Then there was an open rift between the Utraquists and the Pope.

Koranda preached in the Bethlehem Chapel and was an opponent of the Bohemian Brothers . After the death of the utraquist administrator Jan Rokycana in 1471, he took over the administration of the consistory until 1497 . The “Manualia Venceslai Korandae” are best known of his religious and political writings.

literature

• Ze starých letopisů českých , Prague 1980
• Noemi Rejchrtová: Administrátor Václav Koranda O lichvě
• Blanka Zilynská: Václav Koranda ml. Z Nové Plzně . In: Forum. Charles University magazine. Prague 2006, No. 1/2006, pp. 26-27. ISSN  1211-1724

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Václav Koranda from Pilsen in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic