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ii it is sad to admit, the whole ideological content of Czechoslovak Protestantism as well as the ecclesiastical history of the Slavic peoples remain, for the great part, an uncharted map to Anglo-American Protestantism which is still often compelled to inscribe the blank spaces with the legend .)

consists of two parts: in the first part, composed of ninety-five chapters, Chelc̄icky̍ presents his basic philosophy; the second part, divided into fifty-one chapters, contains 'illustrative material' in elaboration of Part I. Even though this section is – from the literary point of view – by far most interesting in that it vividly portrays the different facets of medieval life, it is omitted in the present thesis. In translating I used the critical edition of Peter Chelc̄icky̍'s    made by Dr. Emil Smeta̍nka, Professor of Czech Language at Charles University, Prague; this I often compared with the facsimile reprint of the first printed edition of A.D. 1521, a copy of which is available in the Library of the University of California. Petr Chelc̄icky̍, , revised new edition, Emil Smeta̍nka, ed., Prague: Melantrich, 1929.

,, Bohemiae Monumenta Typographica. Facsimile Reprint of the Vilemov Edition of 1521, ed. by Zdenēk Tobolka. Prague: Taussig, 1925.