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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International Medieval Conference in Leeds 2022
At the IMC in Leeds this year, the Lollard Society will be sponsoring two panels along with the Centrum Medievistických Studií, Praha. IMC 2022 Programme : International Medieval Congress (leeds.ac.uk) Political Activism and the Later Wycliffites Tuesday 5 July 2022: 14.15-15.45 Session 739 Wycliffites in mid 15th-century England are thought to have increasingly withdrawn from…
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CFP: International Medieval Conference in Kalamazoo
The Lollard Society invites proposals for the two sessions it will co-sponsor at the 2020 International Medieval Conference in Kalamazoo, MI. Abstracts should be sent to Michael Van Dussen at michael[dot]vandussen[at]mcgill[dot]ca no later than Sept. 15 “Centers, Peripheries, and Networks of Reform in the Fifteenth Century” [co-sponsored with the Jean Gerson Society] This session analyzes…
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Forms of Faith: Lollardy and Late Medieval Textual Culture
The 2017 volume of the Yearbook of Langland Studies examines how lollards employ textual form as an instrument of spiritual formation. The collection includes the following contributions: Introduction: Textual Form and Spiritual Formation, by Mary Raschko and Elizabeth Schirmer A Humble Guise: The Role of Prologues in the Wycliffite Glossed Gospels, by Mary Raschko Forming Devotion in a…
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.