Lollards of Coventry, 14861522 [Hardcover]

New insights into the nature of religious dissent in England prior to the English Reformation.Coventry, one of late medieval England's major cities, harboured an important community of heretics known as Lollards in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This volume presents all known evidence related to these heretics, both in the original languages of Latin and medieval English and in a modern English translation. These materials, framed by a contextual introduction, offer new insights into the nature of religious dissent in England in the years just prior to the first stirrings of the English Reformation.Coventry, one of late medieval England's major cities, harboured an important community of heretics known as Lollards in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This volume presents all known evidence related to these heretics, both in the original languages of Latin and medieval English and in a modern English translation. These materials, framed by a contextual introduction, offer new insights into the nature of religious dissent in England in the years just prior to the first stirrings of the English Reformation.Coventry, one of late medieval England's major cities, harbored an important community of heretics, known as Lollards, in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This volume presents all the known records concerning these heretics, in the original languages of Latin and medieval English as well as in a modern English translation. The documents offer new insights into the nature of religious dissent in England prior to the first stirrings of the English Reformation.Acknowledgements; Editorial procedure; Abbreviations; Introduction: The prosecution of heresy in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, 14861522; The charges and the defendants' beliefs; The defendants and the practice of Lollardy; The documents; Part I. Chronology of Examinations of Coventry Lollard Suspects, 14861522: Part II. Prosecution of The Coventry Lolll^