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For the Common Good : The Bohemian Land Law and the Beginning of the Hussite Revolution.

Grant, Jeanne.

For the Common Good : The Bohemian Land Law and the Beginning of the Hussite Revolution. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (165 pages) - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 Series ; v.28 . - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 King, Land, Law, and Authority -- The Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Bohemia -- Medieval Conceptions of Authority and Insurrection -- Authority in Hussite Bohemia -- Chapter 2 Law, Revolution, and Representation -- Legal Tradition and Legal Systems -- Bohemia's Jurists and Legal Resources -- Law and the Hussite Revolution -- Chapter 3 For the Common Good: The Bohemian Land Law -- The Writing of The Bohemian Land Law -- The Lawbook of Ondřej z Dubé -- Understanding The Bohemian Land Law -- Chapter 4 The Hussite Revolution: The Confluence of Religious, Political, and Legal Beliefs -- From Religious Thought to Political and Legal Beliefs -- The Hussites' Understanding of Their Legal and Political World -- Manifestos of Appeal -- Chapter 5 In Search of Continuity: Czech Nobles' Conceptions -- Late Medieval Christianity in Bohemia: The Blurry Line between Orthodoxy and Heresy -- Czech Nobles on the Line -- The Diet of Čáslav and the Formal Rejection of Sigismund: A Confluence of Thought -- Connections, Ramifications, and Implications -- Bibliography -- Index.

In For the Common Good Jeanne E. Grant explores the legally grounded mentality of nobles within the Czech kingdom to understand their political actions at the beginning of the Hussite Revolution.

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Ondrej, z Dubé, approximately 1320-approximately 1411. Práva zemská ceská.
Land tenure--Law and legislation--Czech Republic--Bohemia.
Land titles--Czech Republic--Bohemia.
Feudal law--Czech Republic--Bohemia.
Nobility--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History.
Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Politics and government--History.
Hussites.
Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--Hussite Wars, 1419-1436.


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