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Edited by English philologist Frederick James Furnivall (1825–1910). [10] In Early English Text Society, Extra Series, 8. Giovanni de' Marignolli. Giovanni de' Marignolli, known as John of Marignolli (fl. 1338–53), was a notable 14th-century Catholic European traveller to medieval China and India. [63] [64]
The first French translation dates from the 13th century, as do the first Catalan Bible and the Spanish Biblia Alfonsina. The most notable Middle English Bible translation, Wycliffe's Bible (1383), based on the Vulgate, was banned by the Oxford Synod of 1407-08, and was associated with the movement of the Lollards, often accused of heresy. The ...
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.
Facsimile of the first seven lines of the 14th century English translation of the 12th century French manuscript The Romance of William of Palerne. Guillaume, a foundling supposed to be of low degree, is brought up at the court of the emperor of Rome, and loves the emperor's daughter Melior who is promised to a Greek prince. The lovers flee ...
John Wycliffe (/ ˈ w ɪ k l ɪ f /; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; [a] c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) [2] was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford.
Cabret – translator from Latin – end of 14th century; T. Carmi – translator of Shakespeare; Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi – translator of scientific works from Arabic into Hebrew (for further translation into Latin by Plato of Tivoli) Ibn Tibbon family – translator of Greek, Roman, Arab, and Jewish works from Arabic
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Little survives of early Middle English literature, due in part to Norman domination and the prestige that came with writing in French rather than English. During the 14th century, a new style of literature emerged with the works of writers including John Wycliffe and Geoffrey Chaucer, whose Canterbury Tales remains the most studied and read ...