The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1301–1400
95 works
c. 1370–1390
Italian
I Fioretti di San Francesco
Anonymous
Stories of Francis and his companions — the wolf of Gubbio, the sermon to the birds, the discourse on perfect joy in the freezing rain.
c. 1380–1396
Middle English
Walter Hilton · c. 1340–1396
Two books of measured guidance on reforming the image of God in the soul, written first for an anchoress and then extended to anyone living in the world.
c. 1388–1393
Latin
Matthias of Janov · c. 1350–1393
A vast work on the church, arguing for frequent lay communion, contrasting the apostolic church with the present one, and identifying antichrist with corruption inside it.
c. 1382–1408
Middle English
Anonymous
Counsel for religious women on temptations, the withdrawal of consolation, and how to tell genuine revelations from delusion or illness.
1385–1395
Latin
Legenda Maior
Raymond of Capua · c. 1330–1399
The life of Catherine by her confessor, including her mystical marriage, her fasting, and her interventions in papal politics.
c. 1395; visions 1373
Middle English
Julian of Norwich · 1343–after 1416
Sixteen visions received during a near-fatal illness and then turned over for two decades: the hazelnut held in the palm, Christ's motherhood, and the long refusal to let the problem of sin overturn the certainty that all shall be well.
c. 1395–1398
Latin
Gerard Zerbolt of Zutphen · 1367–1398
A practical method of self-examination and meditation in ordered steps, written for the lay brothers and sisters of the Common Life.
1395
Middle English
Anonymous
A manifesto nailed to the doors of Westminster Hall condemning clerical wealth, celibacy, transubstantiation, pilgrimages, images, and war.
1397
Armenian
Grigor Tatevatsi · c. 1346–1409
A vast summary of Armenian theology in question and answer form, defending the national church against both Latin missionaries and Islamic argument.
c. 1400–1415
Latin
Ars Moriendi
Anonymous
How to die well: the five temptations that come at the end — doubt, despair, impatience, pride, avarice — each with the answer to be made, and the questions to put to the dying.
c. 1370–1400
Old French
Jean Froissart · c. 1337–c. 1405
A chronicle of the Hundred Years' War by a cleric who travelled to interview participants, including the peasant risings, the plague, and the schism as they were experienced.
c. 1396–1404
Latin
John of Marienwerder · 1343–1417
The life of a Prussian wife and mother of nine who, after her husband's death, was enclosed as an anchoress and reported constant conversations with Christ.
c. 1396–1400
Old Church Slavonic
Epiphanius the Wise · c. 1350–c. 1420
The missionary who devised an alphabet for the Komi people, translated the liturgy into their language, and cut down their sacred birch — told in an ornate style of word-weaving.
c. 1399–1419
Catalan
Vincent Ferrer · c. 1350–1419
Apocalyptic preaching delivered across Spain, France, and Italy to enormous crowds, announcing that the end was near and calling for repentance and reform.
c. 1405–1410
Middle English
Anonymous
A rich man and a poor man discuss the ten commandments at length, with the poor man arguing that images may teach but must not be worshipped, and that the rich hold their wealth in trust.
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