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.
101–200
1 work
c. 100–300; date heavily disputed
Greek
Anonymous
Solomon is given a ring by Michael and uses it to compel every demon to appear, state its name, say what illness it causes and which angel undoes it, and then carry stone for the temple. He loses everything at the end over a foreign woman.
701–800
1 work
c. 730–740
Latin
Felix · 8th century
A warrior of noble birth becomes a hermit on an island in the fens, where he is tormented by demons who speak British and drag him to the mouth of hell.
1001–1100
1 work
11th century; attribution debated
Greek
Michael Psellos · 1018–c. 1078
A dialogue classifying demons by the element they inhabit, reporting the practices of a heretical sect, and treating some possession as physical illness.
1201–1300
1 work
c. 1219–1223
Latin
Caesarius of Heisterbach · c. 1180–c. 1240
Hundreds of stories told by a novice master — demons in the cloister, deathbed visions, a knight who cannot say the Lord's Prayer, monks who fall asleep in choir.
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