Pope John 23rd and John Hus by Eustace Kitts

Todays free book covers in detail the time of anti-Pope John the Twenty-Third and the career of the reformer John Hus of Bohemia. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.

Eustace John Kitts [1851-1925], Pope John the Twenty-Third and Master John Hus of Bohemia. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1910. Hbk. pp.446. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

• The Introduction
• List of Cardinals
• Memorandum of Abbreviations
• List of Illustrations

1. The New Pope
2. John Hus
3. Three Popes and Three Emperors
4. Sigismund
5. Rocca Secca
6. A Creation of Cardinals
7. The Council at Rome
8. The War with Venice
9. The Flight from Rome
10. The Convocation of the Great Council
11. Preliminary Negociations
12. The Journey to Constance
13. Constance
14. The Council Before Christmas, 1414
15. Rex Super Grammaticam
16. The Question of Resignation
17. The Flight
18. Through the Black Forest
19. The Deposition of Pope John
20. The Trial of John Hus
21. The Conclusion of the Trial
22. Martyrdom
23. The Beadle of the Empire
24. The Last Days of Baldassare Cossa

• Index

Main image: Jan Hus at the Council of Constance. 19th-century painting by Karl Friedrich Lessing. Source: Wikipedia