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Gesta Romanorum (c. early 14th century) is a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales ambiguously translated as Deeds of the Romans. It was one of the most popular books of the time used as source material for Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, and others. [59] The early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum (1879). [60]
Wycliffe was a prominent English theologian and scholastic philosopher of the second half of the 14th century. [12] He earned his great repute as a philosopher at an early date. Henry Knighton says that in philosophy he was second to none, and in scholastic discipline incomparable. [59]
Wycliffe is seen as part of a broader revival of English academic exegesis "in the last quarter" of the 14th century, including Oxford theologians such as Richard Ullerston and William of Woodford. [36] According to historian Mary Dove, there has been a neglected culture of medieval English biblicism outside Wycliffite circles. [37]
Also known as Abu'l-Fath (fl. 1335), he was a 14th-century Samaritan chronicler. [138] The Samaritan chronicle of Abu'l Fatah; the Arabic text from the manuscript in the Bodleian Library (1865). [139] English translation by the Rev. Robert Payne Smith (1818–1895). Abū al-Fidā'. Abū al-Fidā' (1273–1331) was a Kurdish geographer and ...
In the late 14th century, the first (known, extant) complete Middle English language Bible was produced, probably by scholars at Oxford University. This New Testament was initially completed by 1380 and the Old Testament a few years later and is a word-for-word translation of the Vulgate suited for scholary reference.
The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. The divine cloud (1871). [582] With notes and a preface by Benedictine mystic Augustine Baker (1575–1641). [583] Edited by the Rev. Henry Collins.
William of Nassyngton came from a family of ecclesiastical administrators from Nassington, Northamptonshire.He was a master of law by 1327 or 1328. He held several church appointments in the Diocese of Exeter in the 1330s, under Bishop John Grandisson, and later in the Diocese of York in the 1340s, under Archbishop William Zouche.
Drama from the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century: An Anthology of Plays with Old Spelling. [178] Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley. [179] Early Travels in Palestine (1848). [180] By English antiquarian and writer Thomas Wright (1810–1877). [181] [182] Egyptian tales and romances: pagan, Christian and Muslim (1931). [183]