German professors of theology demand the condemnation…

German professors of theology demand the condemnation of Wyclif's writings soon after Jan Hus assumes office.

Hus protests and receives the support of the Czech element at the university.

Having only one vote in policy decisions against three for the Germans, the Czechs are outvoted, and the orthodox position is maintained.

In subsequent years the Czechs demand a revision of the university charter, granting more adequate representation to the native, i.e., Czech, faculty.

The university controversy is intensified by the vacillating position of the Bohemian king.

His insistence at first on favoring Germans in appointments to councilor and other administrative positions has aroused the national sentiments of the Czech nobility and rallied them to Hus's defense.

The German faculties have the support of Archbishop Zbynek of Prague and the German clergy.

Wenceslas, for political reasons, switches his support from the Germans to Hus and allies with the reformers.

On January 18, 1409, Wenceslas issues the Kutna Hora Decree: the Czechs will have three votes; the foreigners, a single vote.

Germans are expelled from administrative positions at the university, and Czechs are appointed.

In consequence, Germans leave Charles University en masse.

Hus's victory is short lived, however.

He preaches against the sale of indulgences, which loses him the support of the king, who receives a percentage of the sales.

In 1412 Hus and his followers are suspended from the university and expelled from Prague.

For two years the reformers serve as itinerant preachers throughout Bohemia.

In 1414 Hus is summoned to the Council of Constance to defend his views.

The council condemns him as a heretic and burns him at the stake in 1415.