The lay folks' catechism; or, The English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for the people ; together with a Wycliffite adaptation of the same and the corresponding canons of the Council of Lambeth. With introduction, notes, glossary, and index, by the late Thomas Frederick Simmons ... and Henry Edward Nolloth ...

Author
Thoresby, John, -1373 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Latin
Published/​Created
London : Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1901.
Description
xxxix, 137 pages ; 23 cm.

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Series
  • Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; no. 118. [More in this series]
  • Early English Text Society. Original series, no. 118
Notes
The English version of Thoresby's Instruction is in rude verse, by John de Taystek. It is really a very wide expansion of the original text, which followed the Constitutions of Archbishop Peckham (Lambeth canons IX-XIII) The Wycliffite version is probably by Wycliffe himself. cf. Introd.
Bibliographic references
"List of works bearing upon catechisms": p. xxxviii-xxxix.
LCCN
01020605
OCLC
360338
RCP
C - O
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