Research Catalog

Title

The Lollard Bible and other medieval Biblical versions.

Author

Deanesly, Margaret

Publication

Cambridge : University Press, 1920.

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Details

Description

xx, 483 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought

Subject

• Bible. > History
• Bible. > Versions
• Bible > Reading
• Bible
• Bibel
• New Testament. > Versions
• New Testament. > History
• Geschichte (1079-1526)
• Lollards
• Lollards
• Reading
• Übersetzung
• Englisch
• Vertalen
• Bijbelvertalingen
• Engels
• Middeleeuwen
• Englisch

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents

The problem of the middle-English Bible, and the aim of this study -- The prohibitions of vernacular Bible reading in France, Italy, and Spain -- The prohibitions of vernacular Bible reading in the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands, before 1400 -- Bible reading in the Empire and the Netherlands c. 1400-1521 -- Translations of parts of the Vulgate in England before Wycliffe -- Pre-Wycliffite biblical study by clerks: (a) the higher clergy, friars, monks -- Pre-Wycliffite biblical study by clerks: (b) parish priests -- Pre-Wycliffite Bible reading by lay people -- Wycliffe as the instigator of a vernacular Bible -- The two versions of the Wycliffite Bible, and the evidence of the General Prologue as to the authorship of the second version -- The controversy about the English Bible, 1384-1408, and the constitutions of 1408 -- Biblical translations contemporary with the Lollard versions -- Bible reading by the orthodox, 1408-1526 -- The Lollards and English Bible reading -- Appendices.

LCCN

20016787

OCLC

• ocm00382408
• 382408
• SCSB-170367

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library