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The Lollards: How a Medieval Protest Transformed English
Episode 52
Published 5 days, 7 hours ago
Description
This episode follows John Wycliffe’s Middle‑English Bible and the rise of the Lollard movement, showing how vernacular scripture sparked religious revolution, shifted vocabulary, and set the stage for later linguistic change. It also explores medieval semantic shifts and the power of ballads to preserve words.
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