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![John Wycliffe](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14834.jpg?v=1638283501)
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe (l. 1330-1384, also John Wyclif) was an English theologian, priest, and scholar, recognized as a forerunner to the Protestant Reformation in Europe. Wycliffe condemned the practices of the medieval Church, citing many of the...
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe (c. 1330-1384), English theologian and translator of the Bible, oil on canvas painting by Thomas Kirkby, c. 1828.
Balliol College, University of Oxford.
![Jan Hus](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10978.jpg?v=1714908783)
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Jan Hus
Jan Hus (also John Huss, l. c. 1369-1415) was a Czech philosopher, priest, and theologian who, inspired by the work of John Wycliffe (l. 1330-1384) challenged the policies and practices of the medieval Church and so launched the Bohemian...
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The Medieval Church
Religious practice in medieval Europe (c. 476-1500) was dominated and informed by the Catholic Church. The majority of the population was Christian, and "Christian" at this time meant "Catholic" as there was initially no other form of that...
![The Printing Press & the Protestant Reformation](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16159.jpg?v=1705190649)
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The Printing Press & the Protestant Reformation
The printing press, credited to the German inventor and printer Johannes Gutenberg (l. c. 1398-1468) in the 1450s, became the single most important factor in the success of the Protestant Reformation by providing the means for widespread...
![Six Great Heresies of the Middle Ages](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10978.jpg?v=1714908783)
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Six Great Heresies of the Middle Ages
The medieval Church established its monopoly over the spiritual life of Europeans in the Early Middle Ages (c. 476-1000) and consolidated that power throughout the High Middle Ages (1000-1300) and Late Middle Ages (1300-1500). Along the way...
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Bohemian Reformation
The Bohemian Reformation (c. 1380 to c. 1436) was the first concerted effort by Catholic clergy to reform the abuses and corruption of the medieval Church. Bohemian clerics and theologians called for reform and, like later advocates, initially...
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Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) refers to the widespread religious, cultural, and social upheaval of 16th-century Europe that broke the hold of the medieval Church, allowing for the development of personal interpretations of the Christian...
![John Wycliffe with the Bible](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14833.png?v=1709255583)
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John Wycliffe with the Bible
John Wycliffe reading his translation of the Bible to John of Gaunt, oil on canvas painting by Ford Madox Brown between 1847 and 1861.
Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford.
![Exhumation of John Wycliffe](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14835.jpg?v=1709255586)
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Exhumation of John Wycliffe
Exhumation of John Wycliffe (c. 1330-1384), English theologian and translator of the Bible 41 years after his death, etching by an unknown artist.
Wellcome Collection, London.