Petr Chelčický

a radical separatist in Hussite Bohemia

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Murray L. Wagner's study of Petr Chelcicky, an eminent but neglected thinker on the Hussite movement, is a comprehensive introduction to his biography and a detailed analysis of his major works on separatist Christianity. Chelcicky anticipated the separatist, alternative communities founded by the 16th-century Anabaptists. He is noted as the spiritual progenitor of the Czech Brethren. Includes index, bibliography, and supplementary material. Volume 25 in the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series.