(1) The plays each use music to represent both the sacred and the profane, and so at once evoke the musical liturgy and
Wycliffite critiques of song's sensual dimension.
230) unedited sermon, possibly written for
Wycliffite readers, on the nature of the Christian community.
Their topics include a world astir: Europe and religion in the early 15th century, Wyclif's early reception in Bohemia and his influence on the thought of Jerome of Prague, determinism between Oxford and Prague: the late Wyclif's retractions and their defense ascribed to Peter Payne, interpreting the intention of Christ: Roman responses to Bohemian utraquism from Constance to Basel, preparing for Easter: sermons on the Eucharist in English
Wycliffite Sermons, and re-forming the life of Christ.
Wycliffite texts and lollard history (1988), especially chapters 9 and 10; and Anne Hudson, Lollards and their books (1985), especially chapter 15; or Christopher Haigh, English reformations: Religion, politics, and society under the Tudors (1993); and of course Eamon Duffy, The stripping of the altars (1992).
On mise-en-page and ruling patterns, see also Peikola, "Aspects of Mise-en-page in Manuscripts of the
Wycliffite Bible," in Medieval Texts in Context, ed.
In the 1395 Prologue to the
Wycliffite Bible, where the translators explain in detail their translation project, we can see how carefully they try to foreground "sentence":
Instead of a passive literary onlooker to
Wycliffite reform, Chaucer is his fellow theological light.
The volume is arranged in three main parts: John Wyclif, English
Wycliffite Writings, and Heresy Trials.
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Wycliffite Spirituality" discusses the works of Wyclif, the fourteenth century spiritual scholar who wrote much on the relationship of man, prayer, and God.