Lollardy
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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, a C
In this 19th-century illustration, John Wycliffe is shown giving the Bible translation that bore his name to his Lollard followers.
Lollards' prison in Lambeth Palace, overlooking the River Thames in London
A late 14th-century beginning of the Gospel of John, starting with a large letter "I" in blue, from a pocket Wycliffe translation. It may have been used by a roving Lollard preacher
John Oldcastle being burnt for insurrection and Lollard heresy.
John Wycliffe
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John Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated for
Lollardy
…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, a Catholic theologian who was later dismissed from the University of Oxford in 1381 for heresy. The Lollards' demands were primarily for reform of…
Portrait by Thomas Kirkby, c. 1828
Mural depicting trial of the 19 February 1377. One of The Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown. Gaunt is shown confronting William Courtenay while a barefoot Wycliffe looks on. Geoffrey Chaucer is depicted as one of the scribes.
Statue of Wycliffe on Frederick's Church, Copenhagen