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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.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

7 July 1438

Latin

The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges

The clergy and crown of France

A royal ordinance adopting the Basel reforms in France: elections to bishoprics restored, appeals to Rome limited, papal taxation curtailed.

Western · DecreeRead elsewhere