Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Future of the Medieval Hussites
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Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Future of the Medieval Hussites

  1. 353 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Future of the Medieval Hussites

About this book

The Hussite movement is essential for understanding medieval Europe and the development of Western civilization. Matthew Spinka and Howard Kaminsky stand at the forefront of scholarship introducing this subject to the Anglophone world. Thomas A. Fudge argues their role in the religious historiography of late medieval Europe is a precursor to global medievalism. Combining commitment to the Christian faith with firm opposition to the Soviet-mandated Marxist-Communist ideology that dominated twentieth-century Czechoslovakia, Spinka strove to present Jan Hus as a medieval figure driven by religious devotion. Motivated by Jewish atheism and a modified form of Marxist analysis, Kaminsky rescued the medieval Hussites from oblivion and political agendas. Fudge explores biography, history, and historiography as an essential intellectual segue between medieval Hussites and modern scholarship. Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Medieval Hussites considers biography, evaluates the work of both historians, elaborates their methods, assesses their interpretations, and analyzes their historiographical significance for the study of Hussite history.

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Information

Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781978795334
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1: Why Study Hussites?
  12. Chapter 2: What Does Biography Tell Us about Historiography?
  13. Chapter 3: Matthew Spinka
  14. Chapter 4: Howard Kaminsky
  15. Chapter 5: Remembering the Past, Imagining the Future
  16. Appendix: Influential Scholars of Modern Hussitica
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Author