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.

Aug 2, 2018 · 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.

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.

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.

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.

Aug 6, 2024 · 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.

There were labouring men and women whose beliefs were condemned as heretical. They were loosely known as Lollards, and from the later fourteenth century to the 1530s their trials for heresy periodically punctuate the prevailing orthodoxy.

May 26, 2024 · 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.

Significantly, the Lollard movement was so closely associated with Wyclif and the English translation of the Scriptures that it became the practice to burn Lollards with a portion of a Wyclifite Bible hanging around their necks.