The Church was central to community life throughout the Middle Ages, a situation that seems to have suited everyone - until the Lollards started ... was the focal point of a community.

The Lollards were “the first recognised critics of the established church since the Fifth Century” according to historian, Mike Ibeji. They were founded by John Wyclif, in the 1370s ...

Claiming that the Lollards were their predecessors strengthened the Protestant faith, by portraying the Reformation as the culmination of centuries of campaigning, and not just the whim of a lusty ...