Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer

By Andrew Cole

Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500, Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, Heresies, Christian, in literature, Christian heresies in literature, Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Canon (Literature), History and criticism, English literature, Theology in literature, Lollards in literature, History, Literature and society, Influence

Description: After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism, viewed it as a distinctly new intellectual resource.