Editing William of Ockham (section)

==Literary Ockhamism/nominalism==
William of Ockham and his works have been discussed as a possible influence on several late medieval literary figures and works, especially [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], but also [[Jean Molinet]], the [[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight|''Gawain'']] poet, [[François Rabelais]], [[John Skelton (poet)|John Skelton]], [[Julian of Norwich]], the York and Townely Plays, and Renaissance romances. Only in very few of these cases is it possible to demonstrate direct links to William of Ockham or his texts. Correspondences between Ockhamist and Nominalist philosophy/theology and literary texts from medieval to postmodern times have been discussed within the scholarly paradigm of [[literary nominalism]].<ref>
*William H. Watts and [[Richard Utz|Richard J. Utz]], "Nominalist Influence on Chaucer's Poetry: A Bibliographical Essay", ''Medievalia & Humanistica'' 20 n.s. (1993), 147–173.
*Helen Ruth Andretta, ''Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'. A Poet's Response to Ockhamism'' (New York: Lang, 1997).
*Richard Utz, ed., ''Literary Nominalism and the Theory of Rereading Late Medieval Texts: A New Research Paradigm''. Lewiston, New York: Mellen, 1995.
*''Nominalism and Literary Discourse: New Perspectives''. Ed. Hugo Keiper, R. Utz, and Christoph Bode. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997.</ref> Erasmus, in his ''Praise of Folly'', criticized him together with Duns Scotus as fuelling unnecessary controversies inside the Church.