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Follower of the English religious reformer
John Wycliffe in the 14th century. The
Lollards condemned transubstantiation,
advocated the diversion of ecclesiastical
property to charitable uses, and denounced
war and capital punishment. They were active
from about 1377; after the passing of the
statute De heretico comburendo (`The
Necessity of Burning Heretics') 1401 many
Lollards were burned, and in 1414 they raised
an unsuccessful revolt in London. The
movement began at Oxford University, where
Wycliffe taught, but thereafter included
nonacademics, merchants, lesser clergy, and a
few members of Richard II's court. Repression
began in Henry IV's reign. The 1414 revolt
was known as Oldcastle's rebellion, and the
Lollards subsequently went underground; much
of their policy was advocated by the early
Protestants. The name is derived from the
Dutch lollaert (mumbler), applied to earlier
European groups accused of combining pious
pretentions with heretical belief. Lollardy
lingered on in London and East Anglia, and in
the 16th century became absorbed into the
Protestant movement.