| Not long after a similar martyrdom occurred at Constance, where a Beghard, named Burgin, had founded a sect of extreme austerity. |
| Walter, known as the Lollard, was a Hollander, and was the most active and successful of the Beghard missionaries. |
| A leading feature of the Beghard propaganda was the circulation among the laity of written tracts and devotional works. |
| Pikardis said to have been a south German spelling of beghard. |
| The origin of the names Beguine and Beghard has been the subject of much controversy. |
| In popular use the words Lollard and Beghard were virtually convertible, and yet there is a difference between them. |
