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Lollard
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Lol·lard  (llrd)
n.
A member of a sect of religious reformers in England who were followers of John Wycliffe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch Lollaerd, mumbler, mutterer, heretic, from lollen, doze, to mumble.]
Lollard [ˈlɒləd]
n
(Historical Terms) English history a follower of John Wycliffe during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries
[from Middle Dutch; mutterer, from lollen to mumble (prayers)]
Lollardy , Lollardry, Lollardism n


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Ghosh focuses on three historical moments to make his case that Lollardy not only brought sophisticated intellectual discourse into the "domain of the non-clerical and the vernacular" (210) but also "half won the battle of ideas" (212).
Kantik Ghosh. The Wycliffite Heresy: Authority and the Interpretation ... by Warren, Nancy Bradley / Renaissance Quarterly
Poole's Falstaff-as-puritan argument, as well as the possible influence of the Marprelate tracts on Shakespeare's play, deserves to be debated with more knowledge than a historian can bring to the discussion (though historians and religious scholars would have some problems with Poole's placing Oldcastle and Lollardy along the same continuum as puritanism -- as if one was the natural predecessor of the other).
Crossing disciplines: recent contributions of literary scholarship to ... by Covington, Sarah / Renaissance Quarterly
According to Zell, the reformation was met in Kent with popular support -- a fact which was due in part to a tradition of Lollardy and anti-clericalism as well as the county's proximity to seaports and traders bearing heretical ideas.
Early Modern Kent, 1540-1640. (Reviews) by Covington, Sarah / Renaissance Quarterly
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