Lollard, Lollardi, or Loller was the popular derogatory nickname given to those without an academic background, educated, if at all, mainly in English, who were reputed to follow the teachings of John Wycliffe in particular. By the mid-15th century, "lollard" had come to mean a heretic in general.

Lollard, in late medieval England, a follower, after about 1382, of John Wycliffe, a University of Oxford philosopher and theologian whose unorthodox religious and social doctrines in some ways anticipated those of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.

Wycliffe’s influence lived on in England through his disciples, who were called Lollards by the Catholics. Wycliffe had always argued the authority of Scripture over the authority of the Church. One of the great accomplishments of the Lollards was their translation of the first English Bible.

2011年2月17日 · Dr Mike Ibeji explains how they got away with it, despite the personal piety of Richard II. John Wyclif and his Lollard followers were the first recognised critics of the established church since...

2018年8月2日 · At the core of Lollard ideology lay the belief that Christianity could be improved by a closer connection to scripture. They aimed to achieve this by translating the bible into vernacular English. This was a personal project of their leader John Wycliffe.

The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards is a Middle English religious text written in 1395 containing statements by leaders of the English medieval movement, the Lollards, inspired by some of the teachings of John Wycliffe.

2024年8月6日 · Discover the origins and beliefs of the Lollards, a pivotal pre-Reformation Christian movement led by John Wycliffe in the late 14th century England. Learn about their challenges to Church authority, advocacy for vernacular scriptures, and significant impact on religious reform.

The Lollards were followers of Wycliffe, at first composed of Wycliffe's supporters at Oxford and the royal court, but soon the movement spread and became a strong popular movement. It was blamed (perhaps unfairly) for some of the anticlerical aspects of the Peasant's Revolt.

Lollards, the name given to the followers of John Wyclif, an heretical body numerous in England in the latter part of the fourteenth and the first half of the fifteenth century.

2024年5月26日 · The Lollards, followers of the Oxford theologian John Wycliffe, were the first major heretical movement in medieval England. At its height in the late 14th century, Lollardy found support among both the common people and the gentry, posing a serious challenge to the authority of the Catholic Church.