Wycliffite Controversies
By: edited by Mishtooni Bose and J. Patrick Hornbeck II
Series: Medieval Church Studies -- 23
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Turnhout
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9782503534572
Subjects: Christian heresies; Lollards; Reformation; Congresses; Religious Dissenters; Church history; Early movements; History
Description: The philosophical and theological ideas of John Wyclif, their dissemination among clerical and lay audiences, and the movement of religious dissent associated with his name all provoked sharp controversies in late medieval England. This volume brings together the very latest scholarship on Wyclif and Wycliffism, with its contributors exploring in interdisciplinary fashion the historical, literary, and theological resonances of the Wycliffi te controversies. Far from adhering to the traditional binary divide between 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' as a tool for explaining the religious turmoil of the late fourteenth, fifteenth, and early sixteenth centuries, essays here explore the construction and rhetorical use of those terms, collectively producing a more nuanced account of the religious history of pre-Reformation England. Topics include the use of religious lyrics and tables of lessons as indirect rebuttals of Wycliffite claims, and more.
Notes: Conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-344) and indexes.