Pre-Reformation (Subscribe)
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The Pre-Reformation Movements
http://www.reformiert-online.net:8080/t/eng/bildung/grundkurs/gesch/lek1/index.jsp
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.
The Northern Renaissance and the Background of the Reformation
http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/09.html
Discusses the Devotio Moderna, mysticism, the invention of printing, and humanism and its effect on the Reformation.
The Eve of the Reformation
http://www.biblewitness.com/resources/magazines/articles/Vol10_Iss05_Art3.pdf
Article discussing factors such as the Catholic Church councils, the rise of Biblical humanism, the invention of printing and the rise of universities.
THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION
A chapter on the papacy, the clergy, church councils and the influence of humanism.
Roots of the Protestant Reformation
http://www.sundayschoolcourses.com/reform/reform.htm
Part III of this site discusses the theological influences of Wycliffe, Hus and Erasmus on the later Reformers.
Pre-Reformation Mystics
http://www.xenos.org/essays/spen4.htm
Short biographies of men such as Thomas a Kempis, Meister Eckhard, Johannus Tauler, Heinrich Suso, and some later mystics.
Forerunners of the Reformation
http://www.lordsrecovery.org/history/i.html#e
Short articles on Wycliffe, Hus, Peter of Chelcic, the United Brethren in Bohemia, and Kasper von Schwenckfeld.