-
Thomas Aquinas · 1269–1273 · Treatise
Thomas Aquinas wrote this theological compendium in the final years of his life, between 1269 and 1273, as a comprehensive yet accessible summary of Christian doctrine. Unlike his massive Summa Theologica with…
FreeOriginal language
-
Thomas Aquinas · 1270–1273 · Commentary
Thomas Aquinas composed this systematic commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics during the final years of his career, between 1270 and 1273, as part of his broader project to integrate Aristotelian philosophy with Christian…
-
Albert the Great · 1270–1274 · Treatise
Albert the Great's "De Causis et Processu Universitatis" represents one of the most ambitious attempts in medieval scholasticism to reconcile Aristotelian natural philosophy with Christian theology. Written during his final years as…
-
Albert the Great · 1270–1280 · Treatise
Albert the Great's Summa Theologiae represents one of the most ambitious theological syntheses of the thirteenth century, written during his later years as he sought to create a comprehensive treatment of Christian…
-
Thomas Aquinas · 1271–1272 · Commentary
Thomas Aquinas composed this systematic commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics during his second tenure at the University of Paris, completing it around 1271-1272. The work emerged from Aquinas's broader project of synthesizing…
-
Roger Bacon · 1271 · Treatise
Roger Bacon's Compendium Studii Philosophiae represents one of medieval Christianity's most provocative critiques of contemporary learning. Written in 1271 during his later years as a Franciscan friar, this treatise emerged from Bacon's…
-
Bonaventure · 1273 · Sermon
The Collationes in Hexaemeron represents Bonaventure's final theological masterwork, delivered as a series of twenty-three conferences to the Franciscan community at the University of Paris in 1273, just months before his death.…
-
Ramon Llull · 1274–1276 · Book
Ramon Llull's Llibre del gentil e dels tres savis is a philosophical dialogue written in Catalan between 1274 and 1276, during the high medieval period when Christian Europe encountered Islamic and Jewish…
Original language
-
Umiltà of Faenza · 1280–1310 · Poem
The Laudes are Latin praise-poems that come down to us from Umiltà of Faenza (1226–1310), the Vallombrosan foundress who began life as Rosanese Negusanti, spent twelve years walled into a cell beside…
-
Gertrude the Great · 1280–1295 · Treatise
The Spiritual Exercises emerges from the mystical flowering of thirteenth-century monasticism at Helfta, where Gertrude the Great wrote this treatise as a structured guide to contemplative prayer and union with Christ. Composed…
-
Gertrude the Great · 1281–1301 · Other
The Revelations of Saint Gertrude emerges from the mystical flowering of thirteenth-century Benedictine monasticism, recording the extraordinary visions and spiritual experiences of Gertrude the Great at the monastery of Helfta in Saxony.…
Free
-
Ramon Llull · 1283–1285 · Book
Blanquerna stands as one of the first novels in European literature, written by the Catalan mystic and philosopher Ramon Llull between 1283 and 1285. This spiritual autobiography follows its protagonist through every…
Free
-
Ramon Llull · 1283 · Book
Ramon Llull's "Book of the Lover and the Beloved" stands as one of the most distinctive works of medieval mystical literature, emerging from the Franciscan philosopher's broader missionary concerns in late thirteenth-century…
Free
-
Angela de Foligno · 1285–1309 · Other
The Liber de vere fidelium experientia, or Book of the True Experience of the Faithful, emerges from the extraordinary spiritual journey of Angela de Foligno, a thirteenth-century Italian mystic who experienced profound…
-
Marguerite d'Oingt · 1286 · Treatise
Pagina Meditationum — "a page of meditations" — is a short Latin devotional text completed in 1286 by Marguerite d'Oingt, prioress of the Carthusian house of Poleteins in the diocese of Lyon.…
-
Ramon Llull · 1287–1289 · Book
Ramon Llull's Felix, written between 1287 and 1289, stands as one of medieval Christianity's most ambitious attempts to demonstrate the reasonableness of faith through narrative. Composed in Catalan during Llull's mature period,…
-
Ramon Llull · 1287–1289 · Treatise
The Book of the Beasts is an allegorical tale written by the Majorcan philosopher and mystic Ramon Llull between 1287 and 1289, during his most productive literary period. Composed originally in Catalan…
Free
-
Gertrude the Great · 1289–1301 · Treatise
The Legatus divinae pietatis, or Herald of Divine Love, emerged from the extraordinary mystical experiences of Gertrude the Great, a Benedictine nun at the monastery of Helfta in thirteenth-century Saxony. Written between…
Free
-
Ramon Llull · 1290–1310 · Treatise
The Ars contemplationis stands as one of Ramon Llull's most ambitious attempts to create a systematic method for mystical prayer and divine contemplation. Written during the mature period of his literary output,…
Free
-
Mechtild of Hackeborn · 1291–1298 · Book
The Liber specialis gratiae (Book of Special Grace) records the mystical experiences and visions of Mechtild of Hackeborn, a Benedictine nun at the monastery of Helfta in thirteenth-century Germany. Compiled between 1291…
-
Roger Bacon · 1292 · Treatise
Roger Bacon's Compendium Studii Theologiae represents the aging Franciscan friar's final systematic attempt to reform theological education in the late thirteenth century. Written around 1292 near the end of his controversial career,…
-
Angela de Foligno · 1292–1296 · Treatise
The Memorial stands as one of the most vivid and psychologically complex spiritual autobiographies of the medieval period. Angela de Foligno, a Franciscan tertiary from Umbria, dictated her mystical experiences to her…
-
Meister Eckhart · 1294–1298 · Commentary
The Liber parabolarum Genesis represents Meister Eckhart's earliest major theological work, composed during his initial period as a master at the University of Paris between 1294 and 1298. Written as a biblical…
-
Meister Eckhart · 1294–1298 · Commentary
Meister Eckhart's exposition on the Book of Exodus represents one of his earliest sustained works of biblical commentary, composed during his initial teaching period at Paris in the 1290s. Written as part…
