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.
1401–1500
4 works
1414–1415
Latin
Jan Hus · c. 1372–1415
Letters smuggled from prison to friends in Bohemia, refusing to abjure opinions he was not shown to have held, and asking pardon of anyone he had offended.
1416
Latin
Pierre d'Ailly · 1351–1420
A defence of the council's authority over a pope, distinguishing the church as a whole from the Roman church and locating infallibility in the former.
1416
Latin
Poggio Bracciolini · 1380–1459
A humanist at Constance describes, with reluctant admiration, the eloquence and composure of a heretic he watched defend himself and then burn.
c. 1420–1424
German
Ulrich Richental · c. 1360–1437
A townsman's illustrated account of the council — who came, what they wore, what the town charged for lodging, and the burning of Hus described as he saw it.
4 of 1774 works