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The Reformation Episode 1: John Wycliffe and the Middle Ages

Eva Schubert

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What is the Protestant Reformation and why does it matter? To begin to understand how thoroughly it has shaped Western Europe and North America we must travel back in time to see the world as it was before the Reformation. This episode is all about the Middle Ages, when an emperor braved the Alps in winter to appeal to a Pope, and thousands of people in Southern France were slaughtered by Crusaders. It is a world of towering cathedrals, in which the power of the Church rivaled that of the Crown. In this medieval world a poor boy from Yorkshire earned a doctoral degree at Oxford University, and began developing ideas that would shake this world to its foundations. His name was John Wycliffe.

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20 Comments

@BearRiverBooks 2 years ago

The presenter knows the history. She has also provided the necessary context for people unfamiliar with the period. Terrific lecture, very well organized and presented.
I am familiar with the material but found enough in this lecture to keep me interested.
Really excellent job.

@mmbtalk 2 years ago (edited)

Great presentation, great job Eva, I was obliged to subscribe!

@arcadyabramov7962 1 year ago

There is a major part of historical context missing here. At the time of John Wycliffe, the church payment did not go to Rome, but to Avignon, in France. That's where the Pope was, and the Pope was French. Which means that the English money literally went to France. AND ENGLAND IS AT WAR WITH FRANCE!!!! That was a major reason why the high English nobility supported Wycliffe.

@danawinsor1380 2 years ago (edited)

The idea of burning people to death is beyond my ability to comprehend. It is impossible to imagine the degree of agony these poor people were put through. The fact that this was done publicly so that people could watch makes it all the more inconceivable.

@INTJ-PS 1 year ago (edited)

I love listening to history. I feel like i'm on a walking tour of history.

@koyluhasan4248 1 year ago

I am 81, a Bronx Irish Catholic, still..!, and in love with your brain, your knowledge bank, and your delivery. I just stumbled acress your podcasts today and will watch all of them. Thank you so much. I also read & follow Trappist spiritual thinker Thomas Merton

@careyrowland 2 days ago

This historical explanation resolves a host of old questions!

@daveamarcus 2 years ago

Great video and such a fluid presentation. Really well done 👏

@ThisIsMe3699 2 years ago

I like your content. Thanks.
Keep talking.

@culpepper76 1 year ago

I think it’s important to point out that the council of Tarragona was a local council of Bishops, not a universal council or a declaration of the Church as a whole that the Bible not be translated into the vernacular.
Other translations had already been done in Italian, French, German etc… not to mention Latin itself was the vernacular language of Western Europe for many centuries prior.

@davidmorse8432 1 month ago

Thank you for this series on the reformation. All Christians should be aware of this history and appreciate how fortunate we are today to be free from religious oppression. Your presentation is very well done.

@mikebales971 3 years ago

Great job. Keep at it

@tamaratyler7786 3 years ago

Love your history lessons! Thank you Eva!💖

@mattslater167 3 years ago

Amazing! Thanks!

@royrogersattorney 1 month ago

This is great. Eva Schubert is a fantastic lecturer. With Eva, who needs fancy graphics?

@Unhacker 1 year ago

This is my favorite period of European history, and this series is awesome!

@shirleyadams8725 2 years ago

This speaker makes everything so clear and easy to understand.

@gaiusvincent9643 1 year ago

The best contextualising of the Reformation's precursors that I've come across. Combined with an a gripping lecture style by this woman. I couldn't stop listening. Marvellous stuff, I look forward to the whole series