Václav Koranda
A Hussite prisoner whose fate is tied to the decline of the radical movement.
Václav Koranda the Elder is a historical figure in connection with the novel Konec a počátek (The End and the Beginning), set in the years 1452-1453. This novel takes place at the castle at Litice, where Václav Koranda the Elder is imprisoned. The novel describes the demise of campism and the emergence of the Fraternal Unity. This places Koranda within the Hussite context, specifically in the period after the Battle of Lipany, as a prisoner whose fate is tied to the decline of the radical Hussite movement.
Quick Facts
- Fate
- Imprisoned at Litice castle (c. 1452-1453)
Lore & Background
The source identifies Václav Koranda the Elder as a character in Alois Jirásek's novel Konec a počátek (The End and the Beginning), published in 1879. The novel is set in the years 1452-1453 and takes place at the castle at Litice. Koranda is imprisoned at this castle. The novel's plot describes the demise of campism and the emergence of the Fraternal Unity, indicating that Koranda's imprisonment is part of the larger historical process of the Hussite movement's fragmentation and decline after the Battle of Lipany.
Reader's Guide
Václav Koranda the Elder appears in the historical novel Konec a počátek (The End and the Beginning) by Alois Jirásek, published in 1879. The source places him as a prisoner at the castle at Litice during the years 1452-1453. The novel describes the demise of campism—the radical Taborite movement—and the emergence of the Fraternal Unity, a more moderate Hussite group. Koranda's imprisonment symbolizes the suppression of the radical wing of the Hussite reformation.
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