Purvey, John 1353?-1428?

The New Testament in English according to the version by John Wycliffe : about A.D. 1380, and revised by John Purvey, about A.D. 1388( Book )
29 editions published between 1400 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 366 libraries worldwide
Although John Wycliffe did not actually translate the Bible that is named after him, his preaching and writings inspired his followers, the Lollards, to translate the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. Wycliffe, an intellectual Augustinian who taught at Oxford University in the 1370s, believed that the centre of all Christian practice must be the Bible and that every person should have access to the Scriptures in their own tongue. Wycliffe's views brought into question the hierarchical practices of the Church, and his followers were persecuted by both Church and State. Their first translation, known as the Early Version of the Wycliffe Bible, made the text of the whole Bible available to the people of Britain in their own language for the first time. This version was revised and improved by John Purvey and others between 1390 and 1398. Its impact was so great that in 1401 a statute was issued banning it upon pain of death. Circulated by Wickliffe's 'Lollard' preachers at great personal risk, this version laid the groundwork for the later Reformation in the British Isles. Lollard Bibles or Testaments are very scarce and only available to scholars today, and 'Middle English' is a foreign language to current English speakers. Now conservatively updated and given uniform modern spellings, with the addition of historical Introduction and Glossaries, this New Testament is again presented to all who love the Bible in English.

The books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon according to the Wycliffite version( Book )
1 edition published in 1881 in English and held by 106 libraries worldwide

A proper dyaloge, betwene a gentillman and a husbandma[n] : eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite, through the ambicion of the clergye. An A.B.C. to the spiritualte by William Barlow( Book )
3 editions published in 1530 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide

A compendious olde treatyse, shewynge howe that we oughte to haue ye scripture in Englysshe by Richard Ullerston( Book )
4 editions published in 1530 in English and held by 25 libraries worldwide

The true copye of a prolog wrytten about two C. yeres paste by Iohn Wycklife (as maye iustly be gatherid bi that, that Iohn Bale hath writte[n] of him in his boke entitlid the Summarie of famouse writers of the Ile of great Brita[n]) the originall whereof is founde written in an olde English Bible bitwixt the olde Testament and the Newe. Whych Bible remaynith now in ye Kyng hys maiesties chamber by John Purvey( Book )
3 editions published in 1550 in English and held by 25 libraries worldwide

The books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon according to the Wycliffite Version( Book )
4 editions published in 1881 in English, Middle [1100-1500] and English and held by 19 libraries worldwide

Formen und Syntax des Verbs bei Wycliffe und Purvey. Ein Beitrag zur mittelenglischen Grammatik. Nebst einem Anhange by Franz J Ortmann( Book )
2 editions published in 1902 in German and held by 18 libraries worldwide

Writings and examinations of Brute, Thorpe, Cobham, Hilton, Pecock, Bilney, and others ; with the Lantern of light, written about A.D. 1400( Book )
1 edition published in 1842 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide

The New Testament in English( Book )
3 editions published in 1879 in English and English, Middle [1100-1500] and held by 16 libraries worldwide

The Gospel according to Saint Mark( Book )
1 edition published in 1981 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide