Table of Contents

Part I. The Precursors of Wyclif: 1. Early career and the scholastic background at Oxford; 2. Thomas Buckingham and the reaction to the De causa Dei; 3. Richard FitzRalph and the conservative tradition; 4. Trends in speculation at Oxford, 1350–1370; Part II. The 'Summa De Ente': 5. The structure of the Summa de Ente; 6. Wyclif and ultrarealism; 7. Realism and the theology of the Summa de Ente; 8. Wyclif and current theological disputes; 9. The reaction at Oxford to Wyclif early philosophy.

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Dr Robson gives a full account of Wyclif's career as an Oxford don - the little-known period of his life before in 1372 he became a controversialist.