Lollards and Lollardy Flashcards
John Badby burned for heretical views
5th March 1410
Heretical book owned by Oldcastle discovered
May 1413
Oldcastle imprisoned in the Tower
Aug 1413
For 40 days
Oldcastle escapes from the Tower
Oct 1413
Oldcastle leads a group to St Giles’ Field
Jan 1414
Henry informed of the plot
5th Jan 1414
Lollard leaders arrested
8
Rebels hanged
38
Lollardy eliminated from nobility and gentry
by 1430
Transubstantiation
Wycliffe - Eucharist symbolic of Blood and Body of Christ
Church - Eucharist embody Blood and Body of Christ
Role of Priest during Sacraments
Wycliffe - Priest was an ordinary man and sacraments unnecessary
Church - The Priest embodies Christ
Purgatory
Wycliffe - Purgatory doesn’t exist & no charitable works/prayers after death would have an effect
Church - Could reduce time in Purgatory by leaving money for Church charities in their will