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Were Bohemus and haereticus used as synonymous designations?

MAZALOVÁ, Lucie and Michał RZEPIELA

Basic information

Original name

Were Bohemus and haereticus used as synonymous designations?

Authors

MAZALOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Michał RZEPIELA (616 Poland)

Edition

Polonica, Poland, 2022, 0137-9712

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60202 Specific languages

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129308

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

Keywords in English

Hussites; John of Capistrano; medieval Latin; contextual synonymy; partial synonymy; connotative meaning

Tags

Změněno: 16/2/2023 12:36, Mgr. Kateřina Rajsová

Abstract

V originále

The article discusses the terms used in medieval text sources to denote the Hussites. It pays particular attention to the nominal phrase Bohemi heretici arguing that its lexeme constituents functioned in fifteenth-century Latin as synonyms. A more detailed examination focuses on types of synonymy established between two mentioned lexemes. The terms contextual synonymy and partial synonymy are used here. In addition, the importance of connotative meaning is pointed out as a criterion for analysing the usage of lexemes referring to Bohemia and the Bohemian people in the context of the Hussite heresy. The study is based on letters written by Polish secular and ecclesiastical chanceries as well as those written to Polish sovereigns and dignitaries by their foreign correspondents. In addition, the “Annals”of Jan Długosz are taken into account.

Links

GX20-08389X, research and development project
Name: Observance Reconsidered: Využívání a zneužívání reformy (jednotlivci, instituce, společnost) (Acronym: Observance Reconsidered)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation