'John Huss Condemned and Led To Execution', c1930. Jan Huss's priest's robes are removed (top); he is clothed as a heretic and led to the stake (below). 'From drawings in an account of 1417 of the Council of Constance'. Jan Huss (1369-1415), Czech priest, theologian and early Christian reformer, was burnt at the stake on 6 July 6 1415 in Konstanz, Germany. Considered the earliest church reformer, Huss was executed for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church, including those on ecclesiology and the Eucharist. From "The World's Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O'Neill. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, c1930]