Lollard Bible

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The Lollard Bible is an early Middle English translation of the Scriptures linked to the Lollard reform movement, notable for promoting vernacular access to the Bible in late medieval England.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lollard Bible canonical 1
Whitchurch Bible 1
Wycliffite Bible 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
Middle English Bible ⓘ
medieval religious text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wycliffite Bible ⓘ
linked to: Lollard Bible
associatedWith John Wycliffe ⓘ
Lollard movement ⓘ
linked to: Lollardy

Lollardy ⓘ
audience Lollard preachers ⓘ
linked to: Lollardy

literate laity ⓘ
basedOn Latin Vulgate ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate
circulation manuscript copies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culturalSignificance important source for Middle English religious prose ⓘ
milestone in English biblical vernacularization ⓘ
denomination Latin Church ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
genre biblical translation ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
hasPart Apocalypse (Book of Revelation) ⓘ
linked to: Book of Revelation

Gospels ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles

Psalms ⓘ
historicalContext English vernacular Bible controversy ⓘ
pre-Reformation English dissent ⓘ
influenced later English Bible translations ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
movement Lollard reform movement ⓘ
pre-Reformation reform movement ⓘ
notableFor being an early complete Middle English translation of the Bible ⓘ
challenging clerical monopoly on Scripture ⓘ
use in Lollard preaching and teaching ⓘ
opposedBy ecclesiastical authorities in England ⓘ
purpose lay religious education ⓘ
promotion of Bible reading by laity ⓘ
vernacular access to the Bible ⓘ
region late medieval England ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
script Gothic script ⓘ
scriptureOf Christianity ⓘ
scriptureType New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
subject Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
tradition Wycliffite Bible tradition ⓘ
linked to: Lollardy
translationMethod relatively literal translation from the Vulgate ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lollardy → associatedWith → Lollard Bible ⓘ
Great Bible → alsoKnownAs → Whitchurch Bible ⓘ
linked to: Lollard Bible
Lollard Bible → alsoKnownAs → Wycliffite Bible ⓘ
linked to: Lollard Bible