Lollardy

Lollardy

Beliefs
1. Heretics: challenged RCC doctrine
2. John Wycliffe: Bible in English
  1. Oxford University
3. No transubtantiation
4. No papal headship
5. Rejected tradition in favour of sola scriptura
Location
1. Chiltern Hills = biggest group
2. Rural
  1. Lower class artisans
3. Coventry, Cambridge, East Anglia, Cotswolds
4. None in the north, south or west
Historiography
1. Traditionalist
  1. Smith: Lollardy was an important background force
2. Revisionalist
  1. Elton: Lollardy had no part in Reformation
Impact
1. No unified beliefs
  1. Ignorance?
  2. The only record of beliefs is The Twelve Conclusions of Lollardy
    1. Not authoritative
2. Lollardy grew after 1500
  1. Heresy hunting?
3. Small, underground
Lollard is a derogatory term for uneducated people

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