IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 1023: Lollardy and Repression
Wednesday 16 July 2003, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Lollard Society |
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Organiser: | Jill C. Havens, Department of English, Baylor University, Texas |
Moderator/Chair: | Jill C. Havens, Department of English, Baylor University, Texas |
Paper 1023-a | Latitude, Repression and Orthodox Textuality (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Paper 1023-b | Capgrave's Lollards: Power and Persecution (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Paper 1023-c | Lollard Conventicles and the Discourse of Power (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Abstract | In this session, the papers cover various forms of repression, social and political, used against the Lollard heresy. The first paper discusses the repression of vernacular texts in the early 15th century; it considers in detail Nicholas Love's "Mirror" and how, despite that repression, much was still permissible. The second paper deals with the Lancastrian repression of Lollardy in the 15th century and the recording of that repression by the contemporary historian John Capgrave. The final paper will provide a history of the term 'conventicle' and examine Ricardian and Lancastrian governments' repression of such gatherings of heretics. |