Century England was a different world John Wycliffe was born around 1328 and shortly after the death of ma Coppola. The King at the time was Edward the 3rd who came to the throne it was just 15 years ago England was locked in some bitter disputes this was just after the time of William Wallace bright hot and around the time of Robert the Bruce and was with Scotland in France right age during witless early life. Then in the middle of the 14th century the black death struck in killing somewhere between a 3rd and a half of England s entire population. The peasant class of the time were essentially slaves and the influence of the ruling church was enormous the Catholic Church essentially controlled the country and by later in the 14th century the pope was receiving 5 times as much gold from the government of England as was the king and when it came to the teaching of God s Word Well the people were living in superstition and fear its priests as well as travelling monks and fries at the pe