Heresy and the English Reformation : Bogomil-Cathar influence on Wycliffe, Langland, Tyndale and Milton / Georgi Vasilev.

Author/creator Vasilev, Georgi
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2008.
Descriptionviii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : the dualist heresy : bridging the island to the continent during the Middle Ages. European genesis ; The dualist pre-Renaissance -- Bogomils and Lollards. Penetration into England ; Text comparison ; Cultural activity of the Bulgarian and English dualists ; Appendix to chapter 1 : Cathars and Waldenses -- Traces of the Bogomil movement in the English language. The linguistic history of the word "bugger" ; Hidden identity ; Appendix to chapter 2 : the good name of Bogomils and Cathars -- The heresy and women. Women's emancipation and the Bogomils ; Women in Catharo-Provençal civilization ; Lollard women : outstanding personalities ; Appendix to chapter 3 : the right of women to ordain and to shrive -- John Wycliffe and the dualists. Our bread over another substance ; Dualistic arguments in Wycliffe ; The specific New Testament vocabulary of Wycliffite translations ; From haeresia Bulgarorum to exemplum Bulgaricum ; Appendix to chapter 4 : Anglicization in the Wycliffe and King Kames Bibles -- Dualist ideas in the works of Tyndale. Tyndale, the covert dualist ; The Reformation potential of dualism ; Dualist influence in the two English translations of the Scriptures ; Appendix to chapter 5 : updating the evaluation of Tyndale -- Bogomil-Cathar imagery and theology in The vision of Piers Plowman. The fall of Lucifer ; Christ descends into hell and sets all souls free ; The Bulgarian image of Christ the Ploughman and Piers Plowman ; Appendix to chapter 6 : delivering the souls -- The spiritual kinship between Paradise lost and the Secret book of the Bogomils. Speculation and Miltonian self-identification ; Doctrinal expressions ; Bogomil imagery in the works of Milton ; 17th century Waldensian translocations ; Conclusion.
Abstract "This book explores the dualist religious movement which developed between the 12th and 17th centuries. It examines the parallels between the Bogomils and Cathars and the religious practices of the British Lollards, extrapolating Lollardy's spread from eastern to western Europe. The work focuses on a number of authors including John Wycliffe, William Tynsdale, William Langland and John Milton"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-197) and index.
LCCN 2007033765
ISBN9780786430055 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0786430052 (softcover : alk. paper)

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