Medieval historian Professor Thomas A. Fudge will give a seminar at UNE on Friday morning on the fifteenth-century Hussite Revolution.
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Fought between the heretical Catholic Hussites on one side and the Papacy and Holy Roman Empire on the other, the Hussite Revolution has been called the revolution of the late Middle Ages; the first manifestation of a modern revolution; the golden age of Czech history; an integral part of the European Reformations; and manifest heresy by the medieval Latin Church.
That said, the Hussite movement in Bohemia attracted women from all levels of society, from the queen and noblewomen to housewives and hookers.
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In view of all this, it is puzzling that Hussite women have not been studied much.
Professor Fudge believes that it is important to consider women in the Hussite movement. This seminar asks: How can the female question be evaluated? Can we recover the female voice from the distant past of heresy? If so, how? Without forcing our ancestors to fight our battles and by striving to avoid the pitfalls of anachronism, what conclusions can be sustained about women in the Hussite movement, and on what kinds of evidence?
Thomas A. Fudge is Professor of Medieval History at UNE. He has studied the Hussites for many years. During this time, he has published 15 books (10 on Hussite history). The latest is Hieronymus von Prag und die Grundlagen der Hussitischen Bewegung (Aschendorf Verlag), scheduled for release later this year.
The UNE Humanities Research Seminar “Mapping the silent world: Where are all the women in the Hussite Revolution?” will be held at the Oorala lecture theatre, Oorala centre, from 9.30 to 10.30am on Friday May 25, followed by morning tea in the Humanities tea room.
Enquiries to Karin von Strokirch – kvonstro@une.edu.au,