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From Minority to Maturity: The Evolution of Later Lollardy
- Author(s):
- Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Early Modern History, Late Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Renaissance / Early Modern Studies
- Subject(s):
- Heresy, Trials (Heresy), Lollards, Religion and sociology, Pentecostalism, Waldenses, Wycliffe, John, -1384, Religions, Fifteenth century, Middle Ages
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Evangelism, Evangelization, organizational culture, organizational identity, organizational leadership, Sir John Oldcastle
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/5ar3-9t10
- Abstract:
- Though English supporters of the Oxford theologian John Wycliffe (d.1384)—known as “Lollards”—had been drawn from academic and noble/gentry circles during the later-fourteenth and early-fifteenth centuries, persecution, equation of heresy with sedition, and the failure of Sir John Oldcastle’s Rebellion (1414) ensured overt abandonment of Lollard ideas. Consequently, post-1414 (“later”) Lollardy in England has been characterized as an amorphous, introverted network—appealing to those of lesser socio-economic status—being unworthy of description as a sect because of its deficiency of organization. However, the movement’s consistency and infrastructure are reappraised by considering its heterogeneity in terms of society (demography, literacy, and socio-economic status), interactions (modes of dissemination), and motivation, participation, and organization (appreciating the dynamics of religious movements). From a comparative perspective, Lollardy’s acephalous, reticulate infrastructure—similarly to that of Waldensianism and other movements—may have proved beneficial by facilitating adaptability during persecution thereby ensuring Lollardy’s survival until the Reformation.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 months ago
- License:
- Attribution
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