Welcome to the Lollard Society
The Lollard Society promotes the study of John Wyclif, the Lollard movement, Jan Hus, the Hussites, and the religious, intellectual and cultural history of the later Middle Ages. It brings together scholars, teachers, students and others interested in Wycliffite and Hussite reform, their historical contexts and their wider influence.
The Society supports research and scholarship through its bibliographies and other online resources, academic conferences and sessions at major international medieval studies conferences. It also provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and the encouragement of new research and publications.
Explore Our Research Resources
The Lollard Society provides a range of resources for the study of religious reform and intellectual life in late-medieval England and Bohemia (part of the modern day Czech Republic). Our resources include bibliographies of primary and secondary sources, collections of scholarly articles and various other items relating to late-medieval spiritual and devotional texts. Visitors can explore important texts and reference materials, including the works of John Wyclif and Jan Hus and the Glossa Ordinaria, the standard biblical gloss of the Middle Ages.
Bibliographies
Glossa Ordinaria
Links and Resources
Conferences and Events
Our Society brings together scholars and students of religious, intellectual and cultural history of the later Middle Ages. Explore our conference archive to learn more about our previous meetings, research presentations, gatherings and call for papers.
News and Announcements
The latest news from the Society, including information about conferences, publications and events.
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Peter Payne: A Forgotten Great European
On 30 September – 1 October 2026, members of the Lollard Society participated in the conference Peter Payne: A Forgotten Great European at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. co-organised by Elizabeth Solopova, Henrike Lähnemann, Hannah Schühle-Lewis and James Howarth. Focussing on an outstanding individual, the workshop explored connectedness in European cultural development and the emergence, as…
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International Medieval Sermon Studies Symposium 2026
25th International Medieval Sermon Studies Symposium “Collecting, transmitting, and (re)using sermons” Nijmegen, 1-5 July 2026 Hosted by Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) Organising committee: Shari Boodts, Pietro Delcorno, Patricia Stoop, Patrick Outhwaite Sermons have a life beyond the moment of their creation and performance. Over the course of the Middle Ages, sermons were rewritten, recycled, translated,…
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Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice Symposium 2026
We are pleased to invite proposals for papers for the XV International Symposium on the Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice, to be held in Prague on 18–19 June 2026, on the theme: “The Long Bohemian Reformation, European Universities, and Scholarly Disputations.” The symposium will examine the intersections between the Long Bohemian Reformation and European academic life,…
About the Lollard Society
The Society is run by an international community of scholars. We welcome scholars and students with an interest in any aspect of late-medieval religious, devotional, heretical and dissident cultures.