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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1577 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

The Fourteenth Century

1 work

c. 1312–1317

Latin

Monarchy

Monarchia

Dante Alighieri · 1265–1321

Three books arguing that a universal empire is necessary for peace, that Rome held its authority by right, and that the emperor receives it from God directly and not through the pope.

Western · Political theory

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

1453

Latin

On the Peace of Faith

De Pace Fidei

Nicholas of Cusa · 1401–1464

Written weeks after Constantinople fell: representatives of every nation and religion meet in heaven and find that beneath the variety of rites there is one faith.

Western · Dialogue