Michael Wilks
Biographic Data
| ID | 700790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Wilks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilks |
| SIGNATURE | WILKS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wyclif and the wheel of time
During the 1370s Wyclif wrote to defend a monarchy which made extensive use of bishops and other clergy in the royal administration and yet was faced with aristocratic factions encouraged by bishops like Wykeham and Courtenay who espoused papal supremacy, if not out of conviction, at least as a very convenient weapon to support their independence against royal absolutism. At first sight Wyclifs attempts to define the right relationship between ro…
Wyclif and the Great Persecution
As has been remarked often enough, Lollardy was the first real English heresy, and its progenitor, John Wyclif, inspired what Anne Hudson has so rightly termed a ‘premature Reformation’, a reformation which had far more immediate impact in Hussite Bohemia, but in England left Wyclif for a century and a half as a voice crying in the wilderness, a prophet without honour in his own country. Since history is usually studied backwards, his name is mos…
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVI, Issue CCCCXXI, October 1991, Pages 978–979, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVI.CCCCXXI.978 Published: 01 October 1991
Thesaurus Ecclesiae (Presidential Address)
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Short Notices
Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIII, Issue CCCLXVI, January 1978, Pages 162-b–164, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIII.CCCLXVI.162-b Published: 01 January 1978
Alan of Lille and the New Man
Let them be forbidden access to this work, wrote Alan of Lille in his Anticlaudianus , who would only look for the image of sensuality and not the truth of reason . . . Do not allow those tasteless men, who cannot take their studies beyond the bounds of the senses, to impose their own interpretations on this book . . . lest the majesty of its secret meanings be profaned, like pearls cast before swine, when divulged to the unworthy. But what is th…
Misleading manuscripts
The precise nature of Wyclif’s connection with the production of the first English bible is shrouded in mystery, a subject for the fierce controversy and debate that is possible only where ignorance and uncertainty prevail. To begin with, there is an almost total absence of reliable contemporary evidence. The first statements explicitly attributing authorship to Wyclif do not occur until the generation after his death. Of these, the earliest is t…
Short Notices
SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIX, Issue CCCLIII, October 1974, Pages 903–905, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIX.CCCLIII.903 Published: 01 October 1974
Reformatio regni
In May 1382 William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury since the murder of his predecessor Sudbury during the Peasants’ Revolt the previous year, declared it to be a matter of frequent complaint and common report that evil persons were going about his province preaching without authority, and spreading doctrines which threatened to destroy not only ecclesiastical authority but civil government as well. They were the adherents, he was informed, o…
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXVI, Issue CCCXXXIX, April 1971, Pages 385–386, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXVI.CCCXXXIX.385 Published: 01 April 1971
Ecclesiastica and Regalia
It is commonly asserted that in the early years of the twelfth century the medieval papacy was suddenly afflicted with a bad attack of apostolic poverty. The consensus of historical opinion accepts that a pope, Paschal II, who had already distinguished himself by launching crusades against both eastern and western Roman emperors, acted so much out of character that, when forced to deal directly with Henry V over the question of episcopal investit…
Short Notices
Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXX, January 1969, Pages 158–159, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXX.158 Published: 01 January 1969
Short Notices
SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXXI, April 1969, Page 374-a, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXXI.374-a Published: 01 April 1969
The Early Oxford Wyclif
From time to time it has been pointed out that Wyclif had a quite exceptional grasp of papal-hierocratic theory. Although its bitter opponent, his extensive knowledge of the refinements of the theory, his almost intuitive appreciation of its most fundamental principles, indicate a depth of penetration into hierocratic ideology which many supporters of papal supremacy must themselves have envied. His effectiveness as an anti-papal writer during th…
Victorian Minds
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXI, Issue CCCXX, July 1966, Page 582, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXI.CCCXX.582 Published: 01 July 1966
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXX, Issue CCCXV, April 1965, Pages 387–388, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXX.CCCXV.387 Published: 01 April 1965
Predestination, Property, and Power
For nearly six hundred years the significance of Wyclif’s theory of dominion and grace has been in dispute, although it is generally agreed that his chief claim to fame as a political figure rests upon it. It has recently been described as his main contention, and there can be no doubt that it was a thesis of which he was inordinately proud. It became a major feature in both the papal condemnation of 1377 and that of the Blackfriars Council five …
Principality and Polity
Misleading manuscripts
The precise nature of Wyclif’s connection with the production of the first English bible is shrouded in mystery, a subject for the fierce controversy and debate that is possible only where ignorance and uncertainty prevail. To begin with, there is an almost total absence of reliable contemporary evidence. The first statements explicitly attributing authorship to Wyclif do not occur until the generation after his death. Of these, the earliest is t…
Predestination, Property, and Power
For nearly six hundred years the significance of Wyclif’s theory of dominion and grace has been in dispute, although it is generally agreed that his chief claim to fame as a political figure rests upon it. It has recently been described as his main contention, and there can be no doubt that it was a thesis of which he was inordinately proud. It became a major feature in both the papal condemnation of 1377 and that of the Blackfriars Council five …
Principality and Polity
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXX, Issue CCCXV, April 1965, Pages 387–388, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXX.CCCXV.387 Published: 01 April 1965
Predestination, Property, and Power
For nearly six hundred years the significance of Wyclif’s theory of dominion and grace has been in dispute, although it is generally agreed that his chief claim to fame as a political figure rests upon it. It has recently been described as his main contention, and there can be no doubt that it was a thesis of which he was inordinately proud. It became a major feature in both the papal condemnation of 1377 and that of the Blackfriars Council five …
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXI, Issue CCCXX, July 1966, Page 582, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXI.CCCXX.582 Published: 01 July 1966
Short Notices
Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXX, January 1969, Pages 158–159, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXX.158 Published: 01 January 1969
Short Notices
SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXXI, April 1969, Page 374-a, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXXI.374-a Published: 01 April 1969
The Early Oxford Wyclif
From time to time it has been pointed out that Wyclif had a quite exceptional grasp of papal-hierocratic theory. Although its bitter opponent, his extensive knowledge of the refinements of the theory, his almost intuitive appreciation of its most fundamental principles, indicate a depth of penetration into hierocratic ideology which many supporters of papal supremacy must themselves have envied. His effectiveness as an anti-papal writer during th…
Victorian Minds
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXVI, Issue CCCXXXIX, April 1971, Pages 385–386, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXVI.CCCXXXIX.385 Published: 01 April 1971
Ecclesiastica and Regalia
It is commonly asserted that in the early years of the twelfth century the medieval papacy was suddenly afflicted with a bad attack of apostolic poverty. The consensus of historical opinion accepts that a pope, Paschal II, who had already distinguished himself by launching crusades against both eastern and western Roman emperors, acted so much out of character that, when forced to deal directly with Henry V over the question of episcopal investit…
Reformatio regni
In May 1382 William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury since the murder of his predecessor Sudbury during the Peasants’ Revolt the previous year, declared it to be a matter of frequent complaint and common report that evil persons were going about his province preaching without authority, and spreading doctrines which threatened to destroy not only ecclesiastical authority but civil government as well. They were the adherents, he was informed, o…
Short Notices
SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIX, Issue CCCLIII, October 1974, Pages 903–905, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIX.CCCLIII.903 Published: 01 October 1974
Misleading manuscripts
The precise nature of Wyclif’s connection with the production of the first English bible is shrouded in mystery, a subject for the fierce controversy and debate that is possible only where ignorance and uncertainty prevail. To begin with, there is an almost total absence of reliable contemporary evidence. The first statements explicitly attributing authorship to Wyclif do not occur until the generation after his death. Of these, the earliest is t…
Alan of Lille and the New Man
Let them be forbidden access to this work, wrote Alan of Lille in his Anticlaudianus , who would only look for the image of sensuality and not the truth of reason . . . Do not allow those tasteless men, who cannot take their studies beyond the bounds of the senses, to impose their own interpretations on this book . . . lest the majesty of its secret meanings be profaned, like pearls cast before swine, when divulged to the unworthy. But what is th…
Short Notices
Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIII, Issue CCCLXVI, January 1978, Pages 162-b–164, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIII.CCCLXVI.162-b Published: 01 January 1978
Thesaurus Ecclesiae (Presidential Address)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices Get access MICHAEL WILKS MICHAEL WILKS Birkbeck CollegeLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVI, Issue CCCCXXI, October 1991, Pages 978–979, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVI.CCCCXXI.978 Published: 01 October 1991
Wyclif and the Great Persecution
As has been remarked often enough, Lollardy was the first real English heresy, and its progenitor, John Wyclif, inspired what Anne Hudson has so rightly termed a ‘premature Reformation’, a reformation which had far more immediate impact in Hussite Bohemia, but in England left Wyclif for a century and a half as a voice crying in the wilderness, a prophet without honour in his own country. Since history is usually studied backwards, his name is mos…
Wyclif and the wheel of time
During the 1370s Wyclif wrote to defend a monarchy which made extensive use of bishops and other clergy in the royal administration and yet was faced with aristocratic factions encouraged by bishops like Wykeham and Courtenay who espoused papal supremacy, if not out of conviction, at least as a very convenient weapon to support their independence against royal absolutism. At first sight Wyclifs attempts to define the right relationship between ro…
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