Inaug. Diss.--Königsberg. / Lebenslauf.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of York, 1975.

This thesis seeks to add to our information regarding the many lollards discussed by John Foxe in his <i>Actes and Monuments</i>, first published in English in 1563, and destined to become as much a part of the English Reformation as Cranmer's <i>Book of Common Prayer</i> and John Jewel's <i>Apology of the Church of England</i>. In particular it considers the group of later lollards who were the subject of serious inquiry by the ecclesiastical authorities during the first five decades of Tudor rule, 1490 to 1535, and who were found by their 'inquisitors' to be living along the Thames Valley. The counties studied here are Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Oxfordshire. For reasons of space and time it has been impossible to include other work undertaken covering Essex, Kent and London. Previous studies of this sect have relied on official sources, usually the few extant transcripts of trials found in episcopal court books and act books. Consequently the details may be thought of as biased, although not necessarily <i>pro forma</i> of charge lists, and the very nature of trial procedure at this time, suggests that not too much reliance can be put on the evidence we have. Nevertheless that is all we have so far been able to consider. Evidence as to the social and economic status of lollards is lacking in such sources; consequently previous studies of lollardy have tended to accept contemporary disdain, and to consider them as a sect made up of comparatively poor, usually illiterate, individuals, who were in some way divorced from their communities, as a consequence of their beliefs. That the church was sufficiently concerned with the sect to undertake such determined persecutions should caution us against such conclusions. The martyrologist, John Foxe, supplies us with what we know of the trials within this area for the period under discussion. We are fortunate that he saw fit to transcribe so much detail from what he claimed was a register of Bishop Longland of Lincoln. This study has abandoned the previously-tried sources and turned to what are loosely called 'secular' sources: taxation and muster returns, probate material, usually wills, but including some inventories of testators' goods, and cases from central courts, to which lollards, as all the litigious English nation at this time, often went for redress. I have not abandoned the ecclesiastical material: visitation documents and episcopal court material both figure in the study; additionally there is some parish material: churchwardens' accounts and manor court rolls, but not as much as I should like. Taking the names of those charged with heresy, or the detectors of those so charged, as given us by Foxe, I have sought them out in their every-day lives, within the sources detailed above. This conglomeration of material adds flesh to those we have previously simply known (if we were lucky) by name, place of residence, and occupation. Now we can see lollards in the context of their societies and communities. Now we can talk of them as members of the early Tudor 'commonweal' to which so many of them seemed to have aspired. As a result of this thesis lollards are seen to have been socially, economically, and politically integrated within their communities. They are found at all levels of economic standing within most settlements we have come to associate with lollardy. They are also, occasionally, seen to be willing to declare their religious affiliation when making their last wills and testaments; sadly, however, many appear to adopt, whether sincerely or not we can not say, a conservative stance at the final public declaration they would make. Perhaps of prime importance is that we show lollards listed by Foxe to have existed, and to have been thriving in the mid-Thames valley, despite the apparent harshness of the episcopal attacks on them.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1922. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 125-128.

The outpouring of apocalyptic thought in the late sixteenth- and seventeenth-centuries in England has been acknowledged, the sources of these ideas have not been explored sufficiently. The aim of this study is to redress that imbalance by showing the pervasiveness of fear aroused by the Antichrist and the sense of imminent judgment that affected mentalities of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation. Particularly in the case of the Lollards, one finds a heightened sense of the impending "Day of the Lord" because they perceived that the principal foe of Christ, the horrific Antichrist, had seized the Holy See of the established church; hence, Christ must soon appear to vanquish his enemy. The identification of the papacy as the dreaded Antichrist was more than a rhetorical ploy used by the Lollards to cast aspersions on their opponent. They corroborated the historical record of the papacy's rise to power with the absolute standard of the 'law of Christ'. Biblical prophecies of the Antichrist's tactics were confirmed by their experiences before episcopal commissions--at times concluded by death at the stake. In homes and in secret gathering places, they communicated the revolutionary vision that the Antichrist was a 'corporate' entity, not a super-human megalomaniac nor a mere symbol of evil; indeed, the 'Abomination of Desolation' reigned from within the church. Denouncing the Roman church as the " sinagogue of Satan", they resisted the hegemonic control stealthily acquired by the Antichrist, propagated through church law and papal accretions of dogma. They exposed the machinations of the Beast attempting to gain absolute control over secular authorities as well. Thus, the Lollards abrogated the authority claimed by the medieval church as they formed their own concept of church and community. A reform movement, initiated from the 'ivory tower' of Oxford University, penetrated into the fields, villages and towns of late medieval and Reformation England. The measure of its impact is reflected in the concerted effort of church and crown to eradicate Lollardy and in its legacy--that harried Elizabeth I, while it motivated Oliver Cromwell.

Typescript. / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

La thèse présente l'étude et l'édition critique du manuscrit Bodley 806, contenant un cycle complet de sermons dominicaux de la fin du quatorzième-début du quinzième siècle. Sont d'abord présentés les contextes historique et idéologique de l'époque, partie à laquelle s'ensuit une présentation de la nature même de l'édition, ainsi que l'argumentation de la position prise par le scribe du manuscrit Bodley 806 telle qu'elle transparaît à travers le texte qu'il compile. La quatrième partie de l'étude qui accompagne l'édition critique détaille les caractéristiques physiques, l'histoire du manuscrit, ainsi que sa structure et sa langue. Le cinquième chapitre présente les éléments qui étayent les thèses selon lesquelles le texte contenu dans le manuscrit a été compilé par une seule et même personne et que ce dernier en a influencé d'autres (sans qu'il soit pour autant leur source directe). La dernière partie de l'étude est consacrée aux conclusions générales et aux principes éditoriaux appliqués à l'édition. A la partie introductive succède l'édition du texte, où chaque sermon est accompagné de son apparat critique et ses notes explicatives. En annexe de cette édition se trouvent également un glossaire et trois indexes : l'un de citations bibliques, un autre de citations non-bibliques et le dernier de noms propres. / The thesis presents a study and a critical edition of manuscript Bodley 806 which contains a complete cycle of Sunday sermons from the late fourteenth-early fifteenth century. The study begins by laying out the historical and ideological scenes of the time in order to focus, in the second chapter, on the nature of the edition and the peculiarities it presents, along with the position of the compiler (such as it can be deduced from the text he is compiling). The fourth part of the study presents a complete physical description of the manuscript, its history as well as its structure and language, while the fifth focuses on those elements supporting the theory according to which the manuscript was compiled by a single person and that its text has influenced other texts from other manuscripts (although Bodley 806 is not their ultimate source). The last part of the study presents the general conclusions drawn after the establishment and study of the text, as well as the editorial procedures and principles applied to the text. After the study follows the critical edition of the text contained in manuscript Bodley 806 along with its critical apparatus and explanatory notes after each sermon, as well as a glossary and three indices: one of biblical quotations, one of non-biblical ones and one of proper names.

Revision of Ph. D. thesis Trinity College Dublin, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

William Turner remains an understudied figure of Reformation scholarship. He was a dedicated doctor, scientist, and Lutheran reformer. This thesis examines Turner and his place in the history of ideas. It looks closely at his three editions of A Comparison Betweene the Olde Learnynge and the Newe (1537, 1538, 1548) and explores how these texts fit into the history of ideas and reflect the larger religious debate occurring in England in the 16th century. It also explores Turner's connection to the German reformer Urbanus Rhegius. I argue the connection between these two men and their writings function as a microcosm of the Reformation. / Master of Arts

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