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- First brief survey of Lollardy for fifty years
Provides an accessible introduction to the subject with an original assessment of John Wyclif's career and theology
Fresh and controversial approach to the subject, which challenges current wisdom about the medieval significance of the Lollards
Part of the book series: Social History in Perspective (SHP)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Taking account of recent scholarship, Rex reassesses Wyclif's political career and provides a compact survey of his theology which corrects a number of current misapprehensions about it and identifies those features which help explain the hostility it aroused. Whilst endorsing the traditinal view that Lollardy was indeed the lay face of Wycliffism, the author nevertheless challenges a number of cherished myths about England's late medieval heretics. Rex controversially argues that Wyclif and the Lollards were far less important than historians and literary scholars have often claimed, and takes issue with recent attempts to restore Lollardy to its once conventional position as a 'cause' of the Reformation.
Powerful and persuasive, The Lollards is essential reading for anyone interested in the movement's relationship to Wyclif's teachings, its social and geographical distribution, its political significance, and its impact on the English Reformation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Lollards
Authors: Richard Rex
Series Title: Social History in Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21269-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2002
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 188
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland