Wyclif in his times / edited by Anthony Kenny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kenny, Anthony, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wycliffe, John, -1384.

Wycliffe, John.

Physical Description:

viii, 174 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Summary:

John Wyclif is best known as the originator of the first Bible in English and as a theologian whose ideas anticipated the Reformation. In celebration of Wyclif's sexcentenary, this collection illustrates his achievement as the foremost scholar of medieval England. The eminent contributors to the volume, who span a wide range of disciplines and contrasting schools of thought, examine Wyclif's enduring influence in the fields of history, philosophy, theology, and English language and literature.

Contents:

1. Wyclif, the Bible, and Transubstantiation / Maurice Keen 1

2. The Realism of the De Universalibus / Anthony Kenny 17

3. Continua, Indivisibles, and Change in Wyclif's Logic of Scripture / Norman Kretzmann 31

4. Wycliffism in Oxford 1381-1411 / Anne Hudson 67

5. Wyclif and the English Language / Anne Hudson 85

6. Wyclif and Hus: A Doctrinal Comparison / Gordon Leff 105

7. The Influence of Wyclif / Maurice Keen 127

8. The Accursed Memory: the Counter-Reformation Reputation of John Wyclif / Anthony Kenny 147.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198200889 :

OCLC:

13498995