This is the most complete account yet of Lollardy, the medieval English heretical movement derived from the ideas of John Wyclif that anticipated many of the ideas and demands of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reformers and Puritans. Considering new evidence--such as texts composed or assembled by adherents of Lollardy, episcopal records, chronicles, and tracts written against Wyclif and his followers--Hudson offers an exceptionally coherent picture of the movement, sheds new light on the reasoning that lay behind the radical opinions of Wyclif's disciples, and demonstrates that the concern shown by ecclesiastical authorities may have been justified.

The Premature Reformation: Wycliffite Texts and Lollard History

Hudson, Anne

Religion & Spirituality

Clarendon Press

Richard Rolle, the Yorkshire hermit and scholar (d. 1349) wrote two commentaries on the Psalms, one in Latin and one in English. Some fifty years after he died, his English commentary was revised by a series of Lollard writers, and this redaction was itself subsequently modified by other revisers, having a similar radical outlook. This edition presents for the first time a full edition of the first of the Lollard revision, and gives detailed evidence for the second. It is based on a full study of all manuscripts of both versions, and includes the commentaries on the twelve Canticles which accompanied the Psalter commentary, and seem to have been regarded as a part of the whole. This first Lollard revision reveals the work of a complex organisation: an academic team which worked on the text for a considerable time, and whose work was not in every respect complete. This is the first of a three-volume edition. Volume 1 contains the Introduction and Psalms 1-34; the remaining two volumes (to appear as O.S. 341 and 343) will contain the remainder of the text, Explanatory Notes, and Glossary.

Two Revisions of Rolle's English Psalter Commentary and the Related Canticles: Volume I (Early English Text Society Original Series)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Early English Text Society

Richard Rolle, the Yorkshire hermit and scholar (d. 1349) wrote two commentaries on the Psalms, one in Latin and one in English. Some fifty years after he died, his English commentary was revised by a series of Lollard writers, and this redaction was itself subsequently modified by other revisers, having a similar radical outlook. This edition presents for the first time a full edition of the first of the Lollard revision, and gives detailed evidence for the second. It is based on a full study of all manuscripts of both versions, and includes the commentaries on the twelve Canticles which accompanied the Psalter commentary, and seem to have been regarded as a part of the whole. This first Lollard revision reveals the work of a complex organisation: an academic team which worked on the text for a considerable time, and whose work was not in every respect complete. Volume II contains the second part of the text.

Two Revised Versions of Rolle's English Psalter Commentary and the Related Canticles: Volume II (Early English Text Society Original Series)

This book examines the work of two influential English philosophers and theologians of the 14th century - Ockham and Wyclif. The chapters reflect the current concern with the editing of Ockham's writings, his career and political work, his influence on the later philosophy of Oxford and his relation to other Oxford writers of the 14th century. The discussion of Wyclif represents a re-assessment of the chronology and significance of his writings, and the major topics of his theology and philosophy. The book contains an analysis of the different contacts between the thought of Ockham and that of Wyclif, and concludes with an assessment of the spread of Wyclif's thought, from the 14th to the 16th century, and from England to Bohemia.

From Ockham to Wyclif (STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY SUBSIDIA)

Politics & Social Sciences

Wilks, Michael

Philosophy

Boydell & Brewer Inc

Studies in the Transmission of Wyclif's Writings (Variorum Collected Studies)

Wyclif's ideas caused a major upheaval both in the country of his birth and in the Bohemian area of central Europe; that upheaval affected theological, ecclesiastical and political developments from the late 14th to the early 16th centuries. Some of those ideas were transmitted orally through Wyclif's university teaching in Oxford, and in his preaching in London and Lutterworth, but the main medium through which his message was disseminated was the written word, using the universal western language of Latin. The papers in this collection look at aspects of that dissemination, from the organization and revision of Wyclif's works to form a summa of his ideas, the techniques devised to identify and make accessible his multifarious writings, the attempts of the orthodox clerical establishment to destroy them, through to the fortunes of his texts in the Reformation period; manuscripts written in England and those copied abroad, mostly in Bohemia, are considered. Although most of the papers have been published previously, a new edition of the important Hussite catalogue of Wyclif's writings is provided, and three lengthy sections contribute new material and additions and corrections to previous listings of Wyclif manuscripts.

Routledge

The history of the Lollard movement is intimately concerned with their writings and literacy. Anne Hudson's work in this field is the most important modern contribution to the subject. This collection of articles makes indispensable reading for anyone interested in the history or the literature of the period.

Lollards and their Books

Bloomsbury Academic

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Ozzie, an odyssey of love

Kripalu Publications

Twelve papers presented by Michael Wilks between 1965 and his death in 1999, two of which are published here for the first time. Wilks' research into Wyclif and 14th-century England was very much rooted in Wyclif's own prolific writings, a perspective that differed from the more traditional Reformation viewpoint. The papers trace Wyclif's early history in northern England and Oxford and ask why the established and favored civil servant turned against Edward III and Richard II and died a traitor and heretic. Wilks' detailed analysis of Wyclif's Latin texts, with numerous extracts and copious notes, presents Wyclif's demands for reform and his determined campaign against the church and the religious orders. Wyclif's name was inevitably linked with the Peasants' Revolt, even though it attacked his patron and former defender John of Gaunt, but even in exile he continued his fight with attacks on both the Schism popes. The essays are the result of 35 years of evolving ideas and opinions but all reflect the great learning and energy of Wilks' scholarship.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. John Wyclif, Reformer, c. 1327-1384 2. Predestination, Property and Power: Wyclif's Theory of Dominion and Grace  3. The Early Oxford Wyclif: Papalist or Nominalist?  4. Reformatio Regni: Wyclif and Hus as Leaders of Religious Protest Movemnts 5. Misleading Manuscripts: Wyclif and the Non-Wycliffite Bible 6. Royal Priesthood: the Origins of the Lollardy 7. Royal Patronage and Anti-Papalism: from Ockham to Wyclif 8. Thesaurus Ecclesiae [Wyclif's Views on Wealth] 9. Wyclif and the Great Persecution 10. Wyclif and the Wheel of Time 11. Thomas Arundel of York: the Appellant Archbishop 12. Roman Candle or Damned Squib? The English Cursade of 1383

Wyclif: Political ideas and practice

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The Premature Reformation: Wycliffite Texts and Lollard History

Two Revisions of Rolle's English Psalter Commentary and the Related Canticles: Volume I (Early English Text Society Original Series)

Two Revised Versions of Rolle's English Psalter Commentary and the Related Canticles: Volume II (Early English Text Society Original Series)

From Ockham to Wyclif (STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY SUBSIDIA)

Studies in the Transmission of Wyclif's Writings (Variorum Collected Studies)

Lollards and their Books

Ozzie, an odyssey of love

Studies in the Transmission of Wyclif's Writings (Variorum Collected Studies)

Wyclif: Political ideas and practice