Under the influence of Wycliffe, a reform movement spread among the Bohemian clergy. Of note was John Hus, a student at the University of Prague who saw Wycliffe as a role model. He studied the Bible earnestly and declared that unworthy priests should not be permitted to administer the sacraments. He was summoned to defend himself against the charge of heresy at the Council of Constance in 1415, where he was condemned and burned at the stake for heresy.
Impact: The death of Hus was resented bitterly by the Bohemians and led to a long war with the German Empire, a conflict that was both national and religious in character. Inspired by Hus, anti-Catholic church groups like the Bohemian Brethren and the Waldensians produced vernacular translations of Scripture and their aggressive evangelism won many converts to their cause.