ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 26, Kraków
Polska
Paweł F. Nowakowski
Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne, Tom XXIV, 2016, s. 35 - 44
https://doi.org/10.4467/2543733XSSB.16.003.6245The aim of the paper is to outline the characteristic features of religious polemics, held during the Hussite era, i.e. in the years 1419–1471. The forms of polemics, from direct correspondence to treaties, were presented in the article. Special attention was devoted to the specifi c motives that weren’t the direct object of the polemics, but shaped their rhetoric and determined the fi eld of interpretation. They include the attitude towards cultural and ecclesial tradition, the concept of the Antichrist etc. Finally, examples of manipulation of quotes that were used in the argumentation, from taking words out of context to forgery, were presented.
Paweł F. Nowakowski
Studia Historica Gedanensia, Tom 12 (2021)/2, 2021, s. 83 - 92
https://doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.21.006.14988Madmen and a Melancholic: Allusions to Health and the Anointing of the Sick in Polemics of the Hussite Period
Hussitism regarded as heresy was perceived in terms of a disease in the healthy body of the Church. In particular, raids by Hussite troops were interpreted in the category of madness, as furor Hussitarum. However, the Hussite side also saw controversies regarding health issues. John of Borotín, a physician and Utraquist, made a long-distance diagnosis of the psychiatric condition of his Hussite adversary, John of Capistrano. Reformist radicals considered the principles of the Anointing of the Sick and pondered whether the rite was a sacrament or not. Although medical and health allusions were not the main rhetorical tool used in the religious disputes, such examples can be found there