Lollards, lol

Lollards were not modern Internet trolls; the group was active from the 14th into the 16th century in England. According to J. Patrick Hornbeck IIm the Lollards may have been inspired by the teachings of John Wyclif (who was into wild things like translating the Bible into English and radical poverty). They rejected transubstantiation, the powers of the pope, and a bunch of other stuff. They were, some have said, the beginnings of a “premature Reformation.”

With a name like that, though, we should call meme-spreaders Lollards because it is too perfect not to.

#lol #Lollards #money #Wyclif

Since I didn't include the hashtag the first time around, let me try doing this #Introduction thread again.

Hi! My name is Ethan. I live in #BrooklynNY. I’m an #English professor at The King’s College, where I teach all kinds of #writing and #literature, from #Shakespeare to Russian novels to Southern lit. Most of my published writing is about #medieval literature, namely from 14th-century England (#Chaucer, the #GawainPoet, #Wyclif, etc.). I also like to write #fiction. 1/4

John Wyclif's radical theology was partially inspired by Irish bishop #RichardFitzralph 's theory of dominion. (In brief, Fitzralph believed being in a state of sin could undermine your right to possession, eg if you killed someone & took their goods).

#Wyclif (including influence of FitzRalph):
https://historyofphilosophy.net/wyclif

"Richard FitzRalph of Dundalk (c. 1300-1360) and the New World" by
Michael Dunne, on the strange afterlife of FitzRalph's ideas
https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11933/
#IrishPhilosophyOTD