Domestic project

The Postil by Petr Chelčický

Provider: The Czech Science Foundation
| Project duration: 2020–2022
| Project ID: GA20-09518S

The proposed project plans to present a critical edition and analysis of The Postil by Petr Chelčický. This Czech medieval thinker, probably the most original and one of the brightest of that time, created a remarkable work which ranks among the permanent values of the Czech thinking and Czech culture. However, the importance of his work exceeds the border of the Bohemian Lands and for example due to his profound and for his time unusual observations on the operation of the medieval society he has captured the interest of foreign experts. At the same time, The Postil provides the most complete compendium of the ideas of Petr Chelčický and touches on such a broad spectrum of questions that we do not find in any other work by Chelčický. The Postil also remains a so-far underestimated historical source of knowledge of various aspects of life in Hussite Bohemia.

Beneficiary

Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences