Wyclif, Huss and Good King Wenceslaus

Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus got in trouble with the Pope and had a song written about him. How did John Wyclif get mixed up in all this? Have you read Burning Wyclif?

Wenceslaus (1361-1419) was King of Germany and Bohemia, as well as the uncrowned Holy Roman Emperor. Czech reformer Jan Huss opposed church abuses and ticked off the Archbishop of Prague...Wenceslaus supported Hus, and that bad ball began to roll....

Hus, it turns out, had been influenced throughout his career -- from young priest to recluse writing in retirement -- by the writings of Englishman John Wyclif.

It's through Huss that Wyclif really got the reformation started in Europe...and only later it returned to England. That's how "Good King Wenceslaus" and an English Priest of a generation prior are linked.

For the article on Thom Satterlee's new Burning Wyclif, click here.