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The Medieval Church · c. 1420–1424
The Chronicle of the Council of Constance
Ulrich Richental · c. 1360–1437
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What it is
A townsman's illustrated account of the council — who came, what they wore, what the town charged for lodging, and the burning of Hus described as he saw it.
Why it lasted
An extraordinary lay eyewitness record of a general council, more interested in logistics and spectacle than in doctrine.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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