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...an authoritative and much-needed exploration of the world of the Lollards, considering their beliefs and motivations in great detail. Anna French, Theology ...interesting and provocative...Both for its originality...and on account of the comprehensiveness and sophistication of the treatment, the work is very welcome. Norman Tanner The Journal of Theological Studies Vol 62 Part 2 Oct 2011 an engaging and, in many respects, excellent study... [T]he book has much to recommend it to both students and more advanced researchers. It is exceedingly well written. Hornbeck has a wonderful gift for clarity of thought and expression, which is put to excellent use here in explaining difficult theological issues, and the book is blessedly free of jargon. It would serve as a fine introduction to the subject for undergraduates. Maureen Jurkowski, The Medieval Review This book is a model of how to write a monograph; it is one of the best books on medieval heresy to appear for some time... Professor Hornbeck's book is extremely important in many ways. It is the best book to date on lollardry... a treasure. It is an ideal combination of precise scholarship, sophisticated understanding of issues, open-minded investigation, and sharp awareness of how the subject relates to wider issued in both theology and historiography Jeffrey Burton Russell, Church History This book is important for two reasons. First, because it proposes a new methodological model for the study of lollardy and, second, because it provides a comprehensive synthesis and survey of English heterodox beliefs in a number of key doctrinal areas ... a valuable contribution Rob Lutton, Journal of Ecclesiastical History This is a refreshing and challenging study, social, textual, and cultural, which will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the roots of Reformation ideas. Dr G.R. Evans, Church Times [Hornbeck] has done a wonderful job of opening up the question of variety of belief in late medieval England ... this is an admirably humane book. Ian Forrest, English Historical Review

...an authoritative and much-needed exploration of the world of the Lollards, considering their beliefs and motivations in great detail. Anna French, Theology ...interesting and provocative...Both for its originality...and on account of the comprehensiveness and sophistication of the treatment, the work is very welcome. Norman Tanner The Journal of Theological Studies Vol 62 Part 2 Oct 2011 an engaging and, in many respects, excellent study... [T]he book has much to recommend it to both students and more advanced researchers. It is exceedingly well written. Hornbeck has a wonderful gift for clarity of thought and expression, which is put to excellent use here in explaining difficult theological issues, and the book is blessedly free of jargon. It would serve as a fine introduction to the subject for undergraduates. Maureen Jurkowski, The Medieval Review This book is a model of how to write a monograph; it is one of the best books on medieval heresy to appear for some time... Professor Hornbeck's book is extremely important in many ways. It is the best book to date on lollardry... a treasure. It is an ideal combination of precise scholarship, sophisticated understanding of issues, open-minded investigation, and sharp awareness of how the subject relates to wider issued in both theology and historiography Jeffrey Burton Russell, Church History

an engaging and, in many respects, excellent study... [T]he book has much to recommend it to both students and more advanced researchers. It is exceedingly well written. Hornbeck has a wonderful gift for clarity of thought and expression, which is put to excellent use here in explaining difficult theological issues, and the book is blessedly free of jargon. It would serve as a fine introduction to the subject for undergraduates. Maureen Jurkowski, The Medieval Review This book is a model of how to write a monograph; it is one of the best books on medieval heresy to appear for some time... Professor Hornbeck's book is extremely important in many ways. It is the best book to date on lollardry... a treasure. It is an ideal combination of precise scholarship, sophisticated understanding of issues, open-minded investigation, and sharp awareness of how the subject relates to wider issued in both theology and historiography Jeffrey Burton Russell, Church History

...an authoritative and much-needed exploration of the world of the Lollards, considering their beliefs and motivations in great detail. Anna French, Theology ...interesting and provocative...Both for its originality...and on account of the comprehensiveness and sophistication of the treatment, the work is very welcome. Norman Tanner The Journal of Theological Studies Vol 62 Part 2 Oct 2011 an engaging and, in many respects, excellent study... [T]he book has much to recommend it to both students and more advanced researchers. It is exceedingly well written. Hornbeck has a wonderful gift for clarity of thought and expression, which is put to excellent use here in explaining difficult theological issues, and the book is blessedly free of jargon. It would serve as a fine introduction to the subject for undergraduates. Maureen Jurkowski, The Medieval Review This book is a model of how to write a monograph; it is one of the best books on medieval heresy to appear for some time... Professor Hornbeck's book is extremely important in many ways. It is the best book to date on lollardry... a treasure. It is an ideal combination of precise scholarship, sophisticated understanding of issues, open-minded investigation, and sharp awareness of how the subject relates to wider issued in both theology and historiography Jeffrey Burton Russell, Church History This book is important for two reasons. First, because it proposes a new methodological model for the study of lollardy and, second, because it provides a comprehensive synthesis and survey of English heterodox beliefs in a number of key doctrinal areas ... a valuable contribution Rob Lutton, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

This book is a model of how to write a monograph; it is one of the best books on medieval heresy to appear for some time... Professor Hornbeck's book is extremely important in many ways. It is the best book to date on lollardry... a treasure. It is an ideal combination of precise scholarship, sophisticated understanding of issues, open-minded investigation, and sharp awareness of how the subject relates to wider issued in both theology and historiography Jeffrey Burton Russell, Church History

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