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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.

1201–1300

The Thirteenth Century

1 work

1216–1220

Latin

The Primitive Constitutions

Dominic de Guzmán and the early Order of Preachers · c. 1170–1221

A constitution built for a preaching order: elected superiors, a general chapter of delegates, dispensation from any observance that would hinder study, and no landed endowment.

Dominican · Rule