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

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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

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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