| The exception was a widespread underground movement, the Lollards. |
| The followers of Wycliffe's ideas, known as Lollards, were vociferous in support of such demands. |
| A century later, he was rediscovered by Wycliffe and revered by the Lollards, but their opponents also found plenty to suit them in his work. |
| After Wycliffe's death, nearly thirty years passed before the authorities persecuted the Lollards with any severity. |
| If the Lollards had not existed, it would have been necessary to invent them. |
| The Lollards were the most significant heretical group in England before the Reformation. |
