From the Vulgate to the vernacular : four debates on an English question c. 1400 / edited and translated by Elizabeth Solopova, Jeremy Catto, and Anne Hudson.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies ; Oxford : The Bodleian Library, 2020.

cxxxvi, [8] pages of plates, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Original texts in Latin with parallel English translation; critical matter in English.

"The use of the vernacular language for scriptural citation, a central issue for the followers of John Wyclif, aroused considerable academic interest, especially in Oxford. The matter was in some sense decided in 1409, when archiepiscopal legislation was passed to restrict the making and possession of new translations of the Bible. The four texts that are presented here derive from the academic debate which immediately preceded this decision. The Latin texts by William Butler and Thomas Palmer are wholly hostile to the idea of translation; the conclusions of another, by Richard Ullerston, run in the other direction. An anonymous English text draws on Ullerston's while adapting and augmenting it. Together, these texts preserve the most detailed discussions of translation and the theory of language that survive from late medieval England. This volume provides editions and modern translations of these four texts, together with a substantial introduction explaining their context and the implications of their arguments."-- Provided by publisher.

English; Latin

February 22, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

History.