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
1 work
c. 1468–1477
Greek
George Sphrantzes · 1401–c. 1478
A courtier's diary-like record of the last emperors, ending with his own enslavement, the loss of his children in the sultan's household, and his retirement to a monastery.
1501–1600
1 work
c. 1584–1606
French
Charlotte Arbaleste de Mornay · 1550–1606
A Huguenot noblewoman's account, written for her son, of escaping the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre with a small child and of thirty years of flight and exile.
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