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  • noun The political and religious movement of the Lollards.

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From the popular derogatory nickname Lollard given to those without an academic background, educated if at all only in English. By the mid-15th century the term lollard had come to mean heretic in general.

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Examples

  • GAIRDNER in particular has recently published a work entitled Lollardy and the Reformation (2 vols., 1908), which does fullest justice to the Catholic position.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • A theological separation had been foreshadowed by various movements within the English church such as Lollardy, but the English Reformation gained political support when Henry VIII wanted an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • A theological separation had been foreshadowed by various movements within the English church such as Lollardy, but the English Reformation gained political support when Henry VIII wanted an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn.

    Anne Boleyn and America Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • It is to the credit of modern students of medieval history that the grave misrepresentations involved in this traditional Protestant view are now generally abandoned (see e.g. Gairdner, "Lollardy", I, 100-17; "Cambridge Hist. of Eng. Literature", II, 56-62).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • "Lollardy," as the profession of the new doctrines was called, became known to the ecclesiastical rulers long before the statute for burning heretics was passed in England; and his religious opinions exposed him to great troubles and hardships, even in the reign of Richard II.

    Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth James Endell Tyler 1820

  • What they did was on an unprecedented scale in England because heresy existed on an unprecedented scale "(Innes," England under the Tudors ", 232; and cf. Gairdner," Lollardy ", I,327).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • Forty-four years after his death, his beliefs were at the center of England's home-grown heresy, Lollardy, and the folks in power responded by disinterring Wycliff and burning his body.

    Bridget Whearty: What Medieval Times Teach Us About Respecting the Dead Bridget Whearty 2012

  • Forty-four years after his death, his beliefs were at the center of England's home-grown heresy, Lollardy, and the folks in power responded by disinterring Wycliff and burning his body.

    Bridget Whearty: What Medieval Times Teach Us About Respecting the Dead Bridget Whearty 2012

  • Forty-four years after his death, his beliefs were at the center of England's home-grown heresy, Lollardy, and the folks in power responded by disinterring Wycliff and burning his body.

    Bridget Whearty: What Medieval Times Teach Us About Respecting the Dead Bridget Whearty 2012

  • For Burch, Lollardy is inescapably political, but its political efficacy lies in its emphasis on spiritual liberty.

    On a slightly different literary note: Dick Delver 2004

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  • lollardism

    January 31, 2013

  • *loll*

    January 31, 2013

  • You can haz political and religious movement.

    January 31, 2013