Lollardy - Wikipedia Lollard, Lollardi, or Loller was the popular derogatory nickname given to those without an academic background, educated, if at all, mainly in English, who were reputed to follow the teachings of John Wycliffe in particular By the mid-15th century, "lollard" had come to mean a heretic in general
Lollard | English Religious Reformers Medieval Heresy . . . Lollard, in late medieval England, a follower, after about 1382, of John Wycliffe, a University of Oxford philosopher and theologian whose unorthodox religious and social doctrines in some ways anticipated those of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation
The Lollards - History of the Early Church Wycliffe’s influence lived on in England through his disciples, who were called Lollards by the Catholics Wycliffe had always argued the authority of Scripture over the authority of the Church One of the great accomplishments of the Lollards was their translation of the first English Bible
John Wycliffe and the Lollards | Harvards Geoffrey Chaucer . . . Wycliffe's ideas, usually in their more extreme forms, were adopted by the Lollards (see below), a movement that spread rapidly after his death In his own lifetime, he was strongly supported by his colleagues at Oxford and by powerful laymen, such as John Of Gaunt
BBC - History - British History in depth: Lollards Dr Mike Ibeji explains how they got away with it, despite the personal piety of Richard II John Wyclif and his Lollard followers were the first recognised critics of the established church since
Lollardy - New World Encyclopedia Lollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of the Lollards from the late fourteenth century to early in the time of the English Reformation Lollardy followed from the teachings of John Wyclif, a prominent theologian at the University of Oxford beginning in the 1350s
The Lollards - Lollardy in Medieval England - Britain Express Lollardy has been called 'England's first heresy' It was never an organized movement in the sense of a modern religious or secular organization There was no 'Head Lollard' or organizational hierarchy of Lollards Rather, Lollards were simply people tied together by a set of beliefs
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lollards - NEW ADVENT This article will deal with the general causes which led to the spread of Lollardy, with the doctrines for which the Lollards were individually and collectively condemned by the authorities of the Church, and with the history of the sect
The Flourishing of Lollardy in Late Medieval England To understand how and why Lollardy emerged and attracted adherents in late medieval England, it is important to examine the broader religious and social context of the time
Lollardy Explained Lollardy was a proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that was active in England from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation It was initially led by John Wycliffe, [1] a Catholic theologian who was dismissed from the University of Oxford in 1381 for heresy