The Wycliffite Heresy
Subtitle: Authority and the Interpretation of Texts (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521807203
Subjects: Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy; Christianity; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Medieval Church (476-1517); Literature - Classics / Criticism; Lollards; Literary Criticism; History of doctrines; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Medieval; Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.--History of doctrines; Literary Criticism & Collections / Belles Lettres; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Evidences, authority, etc; Evidences, authority, etc.
First sentence: De Veritate Sacrae Scripturae constitutes Wyclif's most extended theoretical engagement with the nature of biblical meaning and the interpretative problems posed by biblical language.