Philosophy and politics in the thought of John Wyclif

John Wyclif was the fourteenth-century English thinker responsible for the first English Bible, and for the Lollard movement which was persecuted widely for its attempts to reform the Church through empowerment of the laity. Wyclif had also been an Oxford philosopher, and was in the service of John...

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Subtitles:Philosophy & Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif
Main Author: Lahey, Stephen E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003.
In:Year: 2003
Reviews:Philosophy and politics in the thought of John Wyclif. By Stephen E. Lahey. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. 4th Ser., 54.) Pp. x + 241. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. £45. 0 521 63346 X (2005) (Kenny, Anthony)
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 54
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wyclif, Johannes 1324-1384 / Philosophy / Politics
Further subjects:B Wycliffe, John (-1384)
B Church and state (England) History To 1500
B Wycliffe, John ; -1384
B Church and state ; England ; History ; To 1500
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Print version: 9780521633468
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Summary:John Wyclif was the fourteenth-century English thinker responsible for the first English Bible, and for the Lollard movement which was persecuted widely for its attempts to reform the Church through empowerment of the laity. Wyclif had also been an Oxford philosopher, and was in the service of John of Gaunt, the powerful duke of Lancaster. In several of Wyclif's formal, Latin works he proposed that the king ought to take control of all Church property and power in the kingdom - a vision close to what Henry VIII was to realize 150 years later. This book argues that Wyclif's political programme was based on a coherent philosophical vision ultimately consistent with his other reformative ideas, identifying a consistency between his realist metaphysics and his political and ecclesiological theory.
1. The historiography of Wyclif's dominium theory -- 2. Why dominium? -- 3. Wyclif's realism and divine dominium -- 4. Proprietas in Wyclif's theory of dominium -- 5. Iurisdictio in civil dominium -- 6. On kingship
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ISBN:0511496540
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511496547