Margaret Deanesly Livres

Written by the distinguished medieval historian Professor Margaret Deanesly, this classic history of the church from the accession of Gregory the Great to the Reformation emphasizes the social & personal aspects of church history; examines the medieval attitude towards life, religion & the church; shows how the medieval church system & structure worked; & includes helpful timelines & lists of popes, archbishops, kings & emperors.This title is available in eBook format: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

This study examines the extent of Bible reading in medieval England, and in particular the place of the Lollard translations. Miss Deanesly shows that the medieval church tolerated translation in principle, but distrusted it in practice, because of its associations with Lollardy. She examines wills, library catalogues and episcopal registers where the existence of translations might be noted. She concludes that mystical writings in English were far more widely read than the Bible.