Simmons, Thomas Frederick, ed.; Nolloth, Henry Edward, ed., The Lay Folks' Catechism, or the English and Latin Versions of Archbishop's Thoresby's Instruction for the People (Early English Text Society Original Series 118, 1996). ISBN: 859918696
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Text name(s): Lay Folks' Catechism; Instruction for the People; Catechism for the People

Number of pages of primary source text: 100

Medieval Author(s): Thoresby, John Wyclif, John

Dates: 1281 - 1400

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Original Language(s): English - Middle English; Latin;

Translation: Original language included.

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Geopolitical Region(s): England;

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Apparatus: Index Glossary Introduction

Comments:

The volume includes the following texts: *The English of Archbishop Thoresby’s Instruction or Catechism for the People, from the authentic copy in his register at York *The Original Latin of the above, as approved by the council or convocation of the clergy of the diocese and province of York, A.D. 1357, from Thoresby’s register *A Wycliffite adaptation of the catechism, with Latin rubrics, put forth under the name of Archbishop Thoresby, from the Lambeth MS. No. 408 and additions from York Minster MS. XVI.L.19. *The Corresponding canons of the Council of Lambeth, under Archbishop Peckham, A.D. 1281 These four texts are presented simultaneously on different quadrants of the page, so it is easy to compare the four. They are all presented in the original language with the original orthography. Extensive endnotes explain the text and give background information. There is a glossary of Middle English words in the text.

Introduction Summary:

The introduction (31 pp.) discusses the three English religious reformers whose works are included in this volume: John Peckham, John Thoresby, and John Wycliffe, and the reforms they called for. The book includes both Thoresby’s and Wycliffe’s Instruction for the People: the introduction discusses how the dialects of the two texts differ. Then the authors give a history of catechetical teaching

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