TY - BOOK ID - 5268325 TI - The Antichrist and the Lollards: Apocalypticism in Late Medieval and Reformation England PY - 1998 VL - v. 70 SN - 05856914 SN - 9004110887 9004474536 9789004110885 9789004474536 PB - Leiden; Boston : BRILL DB - UniCat KW - Lollards KW - Antichrist KW - Millennialism KW - Apocalyptic literature KW - Antéchrist KW - Littérature apocalyptique KW - History. KW - History of doctrines. KW - History and criticism KW - Histoire KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - Histoire et critique KW - England KW - Angleterre KW - Church history KW - Histoire religieuse KW - History of doctrines KW - 289.921 KW - 236.92 KW - -Millennialism KW - -Apocalyptic literature KW - -Lollards KW - Poor priests KW - Wiclifites KW - Wyclifites KW - Literature, Apocalyptic KW - Literature KW - Amillennialism KW - Chiliasm KW - Millenarianism KW - Millennianism KW - Postmillennialism KW - Premillennialism KW - Dispensationalism KW - Fundamentalism KW - Millennium (Eschatology) KW - Eschatology KW - Lollarden KW - Anti-Christ; Antichrist KW - Christianity KW - -Church history KW - -289.921 KW - 236.92 Anti-Christ; Antichrist KW - 289.921 Lollarden KW - Antéchrist KW - Littérature apocalyptique KW - Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism KW - Millennialism - England - History of doctrines KW - Antichrist - History of doctrines KW - England - Church history - 1066-1485 KW - England - Church history - 16th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5268325 AB - This study examines expectations of imminent judgment that energized reform movements in Late Medieval and Reformation Europe. It probes the apocalyptic vision of the Lollards, followers of the Oxford professor John Wycliff (1384). The Lollards repudiated the medieval church and established conventicles despite officially sanctioned prosecution. While exploring the full spectrum of late medieval apocalypticism, this work focuses on the diverse range of Wycliffite literature, political and religious treatises, sermons, biblical commentaries, including trial records, to reveal a dynamic strain of apocalyptic discourse. It shows that sixteenth-century English apocalypticism was fed by vibrant, indigenous Wycliffite well springs. The rhetoric of Lollard apocalypticism is analyzed and its effect on carriers and audiences is investigated, illuminating the rise of evil in church and society as perceived by the Lollards and their radical reform program. ER -