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"Lollardry" [449] has a history of its own; but it forms no proper part of the history of the Reformation.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
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Its origin may perhaps be ascribed in some measure to the spirit of Lollardry which, in its best sense, found much favour with the citizens.
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Lollardry, it is true, had never been killed; its anti-clerical propaganda was by no means inactive.
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Soon after this, in 1423, Coventry showed its sympathy for Lollardry when John Grace an anchorite friar came out of his cell and preached for five days in the "lyttell parke."
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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Alike to Switzerland and to the German States which may by anticipation be called Protestant, there gathered during these first years an appreciable number of Englishmen, who were either already touched with Lollardry, or found themselves in revolt against prevailing doctrines or practices, or were discovering by the light of the New Learning discrepancies between the teaching of the Gospels and the current interpretation.
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Lollardry, where he and his fellow conspirator were lodged.
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He hates, above all things, Lollardry, "this new tapinage," and he commends the virtues; the stories come in by way of example: mind what your eyes do, witness
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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In the meantime Wycliffe had died (1384), and Lollardry had become only another name for general discontentment.
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Lollardry, the prevalence of a wider spirit was shown by the selection of
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Lollardry had ceased to exist, and little remained of the directly religious impulse given by Wycliffe beyond a vague restlessness and discontent with the system of the Church.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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