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Comenius

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Bohemian Revolt

At the end of the sixteenth century there was a different ation in bohemia. The letter of majesty issued by rudolph the second in 16 o nine, granted religious freedoms both to different protestant factions and for the catholics. This began an enormous upheaval. 30 years savage war. For most of that time Camenus was on the run. He went from city to city, state to state, sometimes losing his property, sometimes losing all his notes. His wife and two sons died in the er epidemics of plague. Comenius found refuge in the polish town of leshno.

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