Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Church History: The Reformation: Pre-Reformation

Forerunners of the Reformation - Short articles on Wycliffe, Hus, Peter of Chelcic, the United Brethren in Bohemia, and Kasper von Schwenckfeld.
Pre-Reformation Mystics - Short biographies of men such as Thomas a Kempis, Meister Eckhard, Johannus Tauler, Heinrich Suso, and some later mystics.
Roots of the Protestant Reformation - Part III of this site discusses the theological influences of Wycliffe, Hus and Erasmus on the later Reformers.
The Eve of the Reformation - Article discussing factors such as the Catholic Church councils, the rise of Biblical humanism, the invention of printing and the rise of universities.
The Northern Renaissance and the Background of the Reformation - Discusses the Devotio Moderna, mysticism, the invention of printing, and humanism and its effect on the Reformation.
The Pre-Reformation Movements - A comprehensive presentation of the people and movements which anticipated the ideas of the Reformation: The Devotio Moderna (teachings of the Brethren of the Common Life), John Wycliffe and the Lollards, Jan Hus and also the Waldenses.

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Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Church History: The Reformation: Pre-Reformation: Brethren of the Common Life

Brethren of the Common Life - A Catholic Encyclopedia article.
Devotio Moderna: The Brethren of the Common Life - Description of the movement and its teachings.
Florens Radewyns - A co-founder, with Groote, of the movement.
Gerard Groote - A forerunner of the Reformation, founder of the Brothers of the Common Life.
Johann Wessel (Wessel Harmenss Gansfort) - Four pages on Wessel in the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
John Wessel Goesport (Gansfort) - Catholic Encyclopedia article on this member of the Brethren of the Common Life.
Thomas a Kempis - A short description of his connection with the Brethren of the Common Life.

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