The Beggar's Bible

John Wycliffe is a famous Oxford professor, but he has radical ideas and a temper that are get— ting him into trouble. Young Arnold Hutton has troubles of his own. His family is poor and he will have to either go to the fields or work for the abbot who feeds his dogs better than his servants. Arnold wants to be a scholar and decides to run away.

In Oxford, Arnold hears Wycliffe teach and is inspired by Wycliffe’s ideas that everyone should be able to read the Bible, even those who can’t read...