The Library
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.
401–500
1 work
c. 440–450
Latin
De Gubernatione Dei
Salvian of Marseilles · c. 400–c. 490
An argument that the barbarians are overrunning the empire because Roman Christians are more corrupt than the pagans they despise, with the taxes and the arena as evidence.
1401–1500
1 work
c. 1440–1443
Czech
Sít víry
Petr Chelčický · c. 1390–c. 1460
The church as a net torn by two great whales — pope and emperor — and an argument that a Christian may not swear oaths, hold office, own another's labour, or take up arms at all.
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