• John Wycliffe

  • Apr 3 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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John Wycliffe

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  • As Charlie Higson guides us through some of the fascinating folk who litter English history, he lands upon John Wycliffe, an academic, a philosopher, a priest, a preacher and a religious reformer who lived during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II.


    A passionate reformer, he was behind the first translation of the bible to into English – creating the so called Wycliffe bible - one that didn't require a knowledge of Latin to read and understand.


    In fact, you could even argue that Wycliffe’s ideas fed into the beginnings of socialism in the UK and the foundation of the welfare state.


    Helping Charlie understand the man, he welcomes back Rory Cox, author of John Wycliffe on War & Peace

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