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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

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.

1201–1300

The Thirteenth Century

1 work

c. 1262–1267

Greek

The History

George Akropolites · 1217–1282

The Byzantine exile empire at Nicaea and the recovery of Constantinople in 1261, written by a statesman who was tortured by one emperor and served another.

Byzantine · HistoryRead elsewhere