Wycliffe's Bible translated into English
1382
John Wycliffe and his followers completed the first full translation of the Vulgate Bible into Middle English, placing scripture in the hands of literate laypeople for the first time. The Church condemned it as heresy; Wycliffe's Lollards copied it by hand in secret. The act of translation itself was revolutionary.
In context
Also in 1382 (4 other events on record)
- Tokhtamysh sacks Moscow · Central Asia · War
- Burji Mamluk dynasty seizes power in Cairo · Middle East · Politics
- Battle of Roosebeke crushes Ghent rebels · Europe · War
- Harihara II builds Virupaksha Temple complex · South Asia · Culture
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Religion
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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