Were Bohemus and haereticus used as synonymous designations?

MAZALOVÁ, Lucie and Michał RZEPIELA. Were Bohemus and haereticus used as synonymous designations? Polonica. Poland, 2022, roč. 42, No 1, p. 133-151. ISSN 0137-9712. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17651/POLON.42.8.

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

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60202 Specific languages
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129308
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17651/POLON.42.8
• Keywords in English: Hussites; John of Capistrano; medieval Latin; contextual synonymy; partial synonymy; connotative meaning
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

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