Continued Spread of Wycliffe Bible Translations (1401)

Timeline

1. 1401–1405Oxford and surroundings · OxfordshireThe Wycliffe school continued copying, annotating, and circulating English Bibles and theological pamphlets in Oxford academic circles and provincial towns, forming a dispersed but persistent network of vernacular scripture reading.
2. 1401London · LondonThe English Parliament passed De heretico comburendo (the statute for burning heretics), authorizing execution by fire for those persisting in Lollard heresy, marking an escalation of official institutionalized suppression of vernacular Bibles and reform ideas.
3. 1405–1410Prague · BohemiaManuscripts of Wycliffe's works spread through university networks in Bohemia and elsewhere, forming an intellectual connection with the later Hussite reform movement, demonstrating the pioneering significance of the English Bible movement for the broader European Reformation.