THE STRUGGLE WITH THE SECTARIAN MOVEMENT IN THE CZECH KINGDOM THROUGH THE PRISM OF RECONCILIATION WITH THE ROMAN CURIA (THE END OF THE 15th– THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 16th CENTURY)

Abstract

The concluded religious truce of Kutna Hora in 1485 concerned only Catholics and Calixtines, as for other religious communities, they remained outside the law and had the status of sects in the Czech kingdom. At the end of the 15th century prerequisites were created for the spread of the sectari- an movement and the struggle against it by Catholics and Calixtines. This confrontation should be considered in the context of another issue, namely reconciliation with the Roman Curia, that is, the recognition by the Pope of the Utraquist Church and the compacts. Only the spread of reformation ideas led to the temporary restoration of the compacts and recognition (de facto) of the Utraquist Church.

At the end of the 15th century «The unity of Bohemia brothers» actively expanded its activities, and not only peasants, but also the nobility began to join its ranks. After the split of the brothers, two branches appeared: Small branch (conservative) and Big one (progressive). The so-called «Amosovtsi» remained in the minority and existed until the middle of the 16th century. In addition to them, the Pichart sect was active, and at the end of the 15th century, a new sect arose, the so-called Mikulashentsi or Vlasenitski. During the reign of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the situation of the sects got worse, they existed semi-legally, they were repressed and their number decreased.