Chapter V: Václav (see Wenceslaus)

Vladislav, his accession to the throne, 55;
his reforming zeal, 55;
his struggle against the nobles, 56, 57, 60;
his alliance with the German Empire, 57, 58;
his relations with Barbarossa, 57, 61, 62;
his exaltation to the regal title, 59

Vladislav, son of Wenceslaus I., 65, 66

Velké Mezir̆íc̆í, school at, 422

Victor the Chronicler, his attacks on Ottakar II., 88

Vienna, growth of, under Ottakar II., 85;
capture of, by Rudolf, 99;
conspiracy in, 103;
besieged by Soliman, 378;
proposed assembly at, 407;
besieged by Thurn, 471, 472;
growth of its power under Ferdinand, 490

Vilegrad, convent of, 82

Vítkovici, 168, 169

Vodnian, 384

Vojtĕch (_see_ Adalbert)

Vratislav, son of Bor̆ivoj, 22-24

Vratislav, son of Brac̆islav, reverses Spitihnĕv’s policy, 45;
appoints Saxon bishop, 46;
opposes his brothers, 46;
his relation with Hildebrand, 47;
his alliance with Henry IV., 48, 49;
his encouragement of trade and culture, 50;
becomes king, 49;
revives Slavonic ritual, 50;
resistance to his policy, 46, 50;
his grant of liberties to Poric̆, 70

Vrs̆ovici, their position and character, 29, 30;
opposition to Adalbert, 30-32;
attitude to Boleslav III., 36;
massacre by Svatopluk, 51

Vys̆ehrad, Pr̆emysl’s boots at, 7;
meeting of nobles in, 54;
Catholic pilgrimages to, 223;
capture of by Z̆iz̆ka, 242;
surrendered to queen, 244;
resists C̆enek, 250;
struggles of Utraquists about, 264-67

W

Waldenses, their relations with Brotherhood, 411

Waldhauser (_see_ Conrad)

Waldstein, Has̆ek of, 279

Wars, religious, early protest against, 241

Wars, Hussite, ultimate effect of, 361;
attitude of Brotherhood to, 342, 352, 428-30

Wenceslaus, St., influenced by Ludmila, 24;
inability to resist heathen reaction, 24;
good and bad points in his character, 24-26;
desires to become a monk, 25;
his death, 26;
attitude of Emperor towards him, 26;
honour done to his memory, 28;
appealed to at the battle of Chlum, 53;
offer of royal title to, 58;
his tomb rifled by Germans, 109

Wenceslaus, treaty of, in 1517, 362

Wenceslaus I., King of Bohemia, resistance of nobles to, 64;
resistance of, to Genghis Khan, 75;
relations of with Austria, 65, 84;
encouragement of town life by, 76, 78

Wenceslaus II., treatment of, by Rudolf, 107;
by Otto, 109, 111;
his return to Bohemia, 112;
marriage, 113;
his relation with Zavis̆, 113, 114;
his war with Poland, 115;
relations with Albert of Austria, 114-16;
his claims on Hungary, 115, 116;
his resistance to the Pope, 116;
attempts to promote education, 133

Wenceslaus III., his character and death, 116, 117

Wenceslaus IV. contrasted with Charles, 163;
effects of his faults, 164-170;
policy towards the Pope, 164, 182-84;
towards King of France, 164;
towards clergy, 165-67, 173, 184, 189, 190, 199, 223, 224;
treatment of Archbishop of Prague, 165-67;
his murder of John of Nepomuc, 167;
his treatment of nobles, 168-70;
made prisoner by them, 170, 171;
his relation with his brother John, 171;
with Sigismund, 171, 174, 194, 203, 204, 223, 224;
opposition to him in German Empire, 172-174;
his second imprisonment and escape, 174;
his attitude towards Council of Pisa, 182-184;
resistance of Germans to, 185-87;
uncertain attitude towards Reformation, 184, 190, 192, 197, 199, 202,
223, 224;
sanction to increase in Bohemian votes, 185;
enforcement of decree, 187;
violence against supporters of Gregory XII., &c., 189, 190;
protects Hus against John XXIII., 194;
sanctions the Bull in favour of the crusade, 197;
his suspicions of Nicholaus and Z̆iz̆ka, 227-29;
his attempted compromise, 230;
his demand for surrender of arms, 230;
his deposition of Town Councillors, 231;
circumstances of death, 232, 233

Wenceslaus of Duba, his protection of Hus, 204, 212;
his last advice to Hus, 217;
leads Catholic party, 236;
makes terms with Z̆iz̆ka, 248;
heads embassy to Sigismund, 252;
defeated at Porc̆ic, 253

Werner (_see_ Mainz)

Westphalia, peace of, Comenius’s discontent at, 497

Wiching, his struggles against Methodius, 15, 16

William of Holland, 66, 89

William of Rosenberg, his favour to Jesuits, 418;
his persecution of Brothers, 421;
effect of his death, 423

Wittenberg (_see_ Luther)

Wittingau (_see_ Tr̆ebon̆)

Wlitawa (_see_ Moldau)

Wyclif, his relations with Bohemia, 177, 178;
Hus’s feelings towards, 180, 181, 212;
decision of Bohemian nation about, 181;
attacks of Pr̆zibram upon, 283, 284

Z

Zajíc (Zbynĕk), Archbishop of Prague, 179;
condemns Wyclif’s works, 181;
resists Wenceslaus, 183;
burns Wyclif’s books, 193;
again attacked by King, 194;
his death, 194

Zapolya, 376

Z̆atec, 274

Zavis̆ of Falkenstein, his connection with Kunigunda, 112;
final intrigues and death, 113

Zbornik, John, 384, 385

Zdík, Bishop of Olmütz, 55

Zelená Hora, discoveries at, 505, 506, 508

Z̆erotin, John of, defends Brotherhood against Ladislaus, 358

Z̆erotin, Frederick of, protects Rüdiger, 423

Z̆erotin, Charles of, influence on him of Brotherhood, 428-30;
his relations with Henry of Navarre, 430;
driven from office, 432;
relations of, with Hungarians and Austrians, 432, 433;
with Christian of Anhalt, 435;
dislike of religious wars, 436;
eagerness for alliance with Moravia, Hungary, and Austria, 436, 456,
464;
his able government in Moravia, 454, 455;
his quarrel with Khlesl, 457, 458;
his opposition to Matthias, 459, 463;
his loyalty to House of Hapsburg, 461, 469;
his desire for Moravian independence, 460;
his resignation of captaincy of Moravia, 464;
opposes Bohemian rising, 469, 471;
his resistance to Ferdinand’s tyranny, 487-90;
his protection of Comenius, 491, 492

Z̆iz̆ka of Troc̆nov fights for Poles, 227;
schoolfellow of Hus, 229;
scene with Wenceslaus, 230;
his share in outbreak of 1419, 231, 232;
estimate of his character, 239, 240;
his capture of Vys̆ehrad, 242, 243;
of the small division of Prague, 243;
his victory at Sudomír, 248, 249;
burns monks alive, 250;
defeats Wenceslaus of Duba, 253;
his share in the battle of Z̆iz̆kov Hora, 257, 258;
moderation towards Calixtines, 267;
questionable conduct at R̆íc̆an, 268;
defeats men of Meissen, 274;
frightens away crusaders, 274;
surrounded at Kutna Hora, 276;
finally defeats Sigismund, 277;
his final struggle with nobles, 280-82;
his death and its effect, 282, 283;
his dust dug up, 486

Znaym (_see_ Znojem)

Znojem, scene of Sigismund’s death, 311;
relations of with King George, 331, 338

Z̆upa, early importance of, 68;
decline of, 69

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