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Location: Vladimir Vladimirskaya Oblast Russia

The deposed King Wenceslas of Germany and …

Years: 1409 - 1409

The deposed King Wenceslas of Germany and Bohemia, down but not out, wins popular favor among Bohemians by backing anti-German religious ferment centering around Jan Hus.

Wenceslas issues his decree of Kutna Hora in 1409, giving the Czechs greater control over the University of Prague and resulting in the election of Jan Hus as rector.

Shortly afterward, Hus, having gradually lost the support of the clergy and archbishop of Prague because of his continued attacks on abuses in the church, is forbidden to preach.