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 extracts from his sermons on the Gospels, –; his De Ecclesia, –; his Apellatio, –; other Latin works, –; his treatise on the pretentions of the Bohemian clergy,, ; his affirmation that Christ, not the pope, is the head of the Church, ; arrives at Nuremberg, ; sends his friend to receive letter of safe-conduct for him, and proceeds direct to Constance, , ; his first letter after arrival at, ; accusation against placed on the door of the church, ; is surrounded by enemies and spies, , ; pope promises him protection, ; circulation of false tales about, ; visit of the cardinals to, ; his dwelling-place surrounded by armed men, ; his reply to the cardinals in the pope’s palace, ; his interview with the monk Didacus, ; his arrest, ; taken to the dungeon of the Dominican monastery, ; commissioners appointed to report on, ; asks to be allowed a lawyer for his defence, ; is refused, ; falls dangerously ill, ; continued prosecution of, ; concocted accusations against, , ; his letter to the citizens of Prague, ; has a few friends to visit him, ; placed in custody of the Bishop of Constance, ; cruel treatment of, , ; his examination by the commissioners, ; intervention of Bohemian nobles on behalf of, –; promise extracted from council of his having a public hearing, ; is brought to trial, ; is not allowed to speak, ; his second day of trial and scholastic duel with D’Ailly, , ; further witnesses brought against, ; endeavour to prove his dependence on Wycliffe, ; his answer to the Cardinal of Cambray, ; his third day of trial, ; accusations against, founded on De Ecclesia and other works, , , ; his speech concerning unworthy kings, , ; his answer to D’Ailly about Wycliffe, , ; his final speech of defence, ; his answer to those who urge him to recant, ; corresponds with “the father,” ; is aware of Sigismund’s treachery, ; his letter to the Bohemian nation, –; his letter on the subject of utraquism, , ; his books condemned to be burnt, ; his further letters to the Bohemians, –; his farewell letter to Prague University, , ; his messages to his various friends, ; last efforts made to induce him to recant, ; is taken to the Cathedral, ; is not allowed to defend himself, , ; final proceedings against, –; sentence passed upon, ; his degradation and deconsecration, ; is led to the stake, ; account of his last moments, –; discussion as to whether he was justly accused of heresy, –; his patriotic devotion to his own country and language, ,. ; the first to attempt to establish a recognised written language, ; revises the Bohemian translations of the Bible, ; his character antagonistic to that of Wycliffe, ; his views on church-singing, ; endeavours to replace the latin singing in his church by songs in the national language, ; objections to raised by Bohemian prelacy, ; hymns composed by, ; his efforts to establish relations with foreign countries, ; writes to Lord Cobham, ; relations with King Vladislav,, ; sends latter congratulatory letter on his victory, , , ; his letter on church-reform to, , ; his fame as a writer, (see below under works by); portraits of, –; defence of by Bohemian nobles, , ; development of his doctrines in Bohemia,  seq.; no one found to be his true successor,

Hussites, the Hussite movement, first check to the autocratic tendencies of Rome, ; origin of Hussitism,, ; discord among the Hussites, ; movement for a time has iconoclastic character, ; agreement among Hussites on matters of reform, ; the Hussites obtain possession of nearly all Bohemia, ; the Hussite war, the first in the world’s history fought for intellectual interests, ; meeting of contending Hussites after the battle of the Vysehrad, , ; peace between, ; great meeting at,