English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

CHAPTER VIII.

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CHAUCER (CONTINUED).--REFORMS IN RELIGION AND SOCIETY.

Historical Facts--Reform in Religion--The Clergy, Regular and Secular--The Friar and the Sompnour--The Pardonere--The Poure Persone--John Wiclif--The Translation of the Bible--The Ashes of Wiclif