<p>'Penn does a masterful job of rendering Wyclif’s complex Latin into language that, if not idiomatic, conveys the Oxford scholar’s ideas to an audience more than half a millennium removed.'<br /><i>Patrick Hornbeck, Fordham University, Speculum 97/2</i></p>

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John Wyclif (d. 1384) was among the leading schoolmen of fourteenth-century Europe. He was an outspoken controversialist and critic of the Church, and, in his last days at Oxford, the author of the greatest heresy that England had known. This volume offers new translations of a representative selection of his Latin writings on theology, the Church and the Christian life. It provides a comprehensive view of the life of this charismatic but irascible medieval theologian, and of the development of the most prominent dissenting mind in pre-Reformation England. This collection will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of medieval history, historical theology and religious heresy, as well as scholars in the field.
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This new collection of translations represents the first attempt to offer a representative sample of Wyclif’s Latin works in translation in a single volume.

Introduction
1 Logic and metaphysics
2 Scripture and truth
3 Sacramental questions
4 The Eucharist
5 The Church and the Christian life
6 Wyclif’s political theory
7 Shorter texts and polemical tracts
Appendix: Condemnation of Wyclif’s teaching
Index

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John Wyclif (d. 1384) was among the leading schoolmen of fourteenth-century Europe. He was an outspoken controversialist, critic of the church and, in his last days at Oxford, the author of the greatest heresy England had ever seen.

Throughout his academic career, Wyclif produced a vast number of scholarly works in Latin, ranging from his early logical and philosophical writings to his mature theological texts, pastoral writings and polemical tracts. To date, however, very little has been available in English translation. This collection represents the first attempt to offer a representative sample of Wyclif’s Latin works in translation in a single volume. It contains a selection of substantial extracts from Wyclif’s major theological contributions, together with complete translations of his shorter tracts and polemical treatises. Each text is carefully annotated, and a glossary of frequently used technical terms is included at the end. Translated texts are grouped under thematic headings for ease of reference, and a small selection of early philosophical material is supplied in the appendix.

This collection will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of medieval history, historical theology and religious heresy, as well as scholars in the field.

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ISBN
9780719067648
Publisert
2019-09-30
Utgiver
Manchester University Press
Vekt
553 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
21 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
G, 01
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
352

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Biografisk notat

Stephen Penn is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of Stirling