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
1 work
1326
Latin
Rechtfertigungsschrift
Meister Eckhart · c. 1260–1328
A reply to the inquisitors of Cologne, answering each extracted proposition and insisting that he may have erred but cannot be a heretic, since heresy is a matter of the will.
1401–1500
1 work
1405
Old French
Christine de Pizan · c. 1364–c. 1430
Reason, Rectitude, and Justice help the author build a walled city peopled by virtuous women from scripture, history, and legend, in answer to misogynist authorities.
1601–1700
1 work
1691
Spanish
Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz
Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1648–1695
A Mexican nun answers a bishop who told her to give up study, defending a woman's right to learn from scripture, from the fathers, and from her own experience.
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