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The Medieval Church · c. 1382–1395 in two versions
The Wycliffite Bible
John Wycliffe's circle
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What it is
The whole Bible translated from the Vulgate into English, first word for word and then revised into readable idiom, with a prologue defending vernacular scripture.
Why it lasted
The first complete English Bible. Owning one became evidence of heresy in England for over a century.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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