Studies in the Transmission of Wyclif's Writings by Anne Hudson - 9781138375260

Name: Studies in the Transmission of Wyclif's Writings by Anne Hudson - 9781138375260
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The papers in this collection look at aspects of the dissemination of Wyclif's works and ideas: the organization and revision of his works, the techniques devised to identify and make accessible his multifarious writings, the attempts of the orthodox clerical establishment to destroy them, through to the fortunes of his texts in the Reformation period. Manuscripts written in England and those copied abroad, mostly in Bohemia, are considered. Although most of the papers have been published previously, a new edition of the important Hussite catalogue of Wyclif's writings is provided, and three lengthy sections contribute new material and additions and corrections to previous listings of Wyclif manuscripts. > Wyclif's ideas caused a major upheaval both in the country of his birth and in the Bohemian area of central Europe; that upheaval affected theological, ecclesiastical and political developments from the late 14th to the early 16th centuries. Some of those ideas were transmitted .