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Francis of Assisi · 1320–1390 · Other
The Little Flowers of Saint Francis emerged in the fourteenth century as a collection of stories about Francis of Assisi and his early followers, compiled roughly a century after the saint's death.…
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Traditionally associated with William of Shoreham · 1320 · Scripture
The Shoreham Psalter stands among the significant pre-Wycliffite Middle English efforts to render the Psalms into the vernacular. Its scope is limited to the Psalms, translated from Latin, taking a Latin Psalter…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1325 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's Arithmetica speculativa emerged from the intellectual ferment of early fourteenth-century Oxford, where mathematical studies were experiencing unprecedented development within the university's scholastic curriculum. Written in 1325 during Bradwardine's time as…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1325–1335 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's Geometria speculativa emerged from the mathematical renaissance at Oxford in the early fourteenth century, where scholars were rediscovering and extending Euclidean geometry through rigorous logical methods. Written during his tenure…
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Heinrich Suso · 1327 · Treatise
The Little Book of Truth emerged from Heinrich Suso's encounter with critics who accused him and other Rhineland mystics of promoting antinomian heresy through their teaching on spiritual detachment. Writing in 1327…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1328 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's treatise on the proportions of velocities in motion emerged from the sophisticated mathematical and philosophical environment of fourteenth-century Oxford, where scholars at Merton College were pioneering new approaches to understanding…
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Johannes Tauler · 1330–1361 · Sermon
Johannes Tauler's sermons represent one of the finest expressions of fourteenth-century Rhineland mysticism, delivered to Dominican communities and devout laypeople during a period of intense spiritual hunger and ecclesiastical upheaval. Preached primarily…
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Johannes Tauler · 1330–1361 · Sermon
Johannes Tauler's sermons represent one of the most authentic voices of fourteenth-century Rhineland mysticism, emerging from the Dominican communities along the Rhine during a period of intense spiritual ferment. Preaching primarily to…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1330–1340 · Treatise
Jan van Ruusbroec (1293–1381) spent some twenty-six years as a chaplain at the collegiate church of St. Gudula in Brussels before withdrawing in 1343 to the forest of Soignes at Groenendaal, where…
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Richard Rolle · 1330–1340 · Treatise
The Melos Amoris, or Song of Love, represents Richard Rolle's most sophisticated theological treatise on the mystical life, written during his mature years as a hermit in Yorkshire. Composed in Latin around…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1330 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's Tractatus de continuo, completed around 1330 while he was a fellow at Merton College, Oxford, represents one of the most sophisticated medieval attempts to resolve fundamental questions about the nature…
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Heinrich Suso · 1334–1336 · Treatise
Heinrich Suso's Horologium Sapientiae, composed between 1334 and 1336, emerged from the Dominican friar's deep engagement with the mystical tradition of Meister Eckhart and his own intense spiritual experiences. Writing in the…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1335 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's "De futuris contingentibus" (On Future Contingents) is a sophisticated theological treatise addressing one of medieval scholasticism's most vexing problems: how to reconcile divine foreknowledge with human free will and the…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
The Spiritual Espousals represents the masterwork of Jan van Ruusbroec, the fourteenth-century Flemish mystic who lived as a canon regular at the monastery of Groenendaal near Brussels. Written in Middle Dutch rather…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
Jan van Ruysbroeck's "Die Gheestelicke Brulocht" (The Spiritual Espousals) stands as one of the masterworks of medieval mystical theology, written in Middle Dutch sometime between 1335 and 1350. Ruysbroeck composed this treatise…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1381 · Treatise
The Book of the Highest Truth stands as one of Jan van Ruysbroeck's most philosophically rigorous mystical treatises, written during his mature period at the Augustinian monastery of Groenendaal outside Brussels. Composed…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
Van den vier becoringhen (The Four Temptations) is a treatise by the Flemish mystic Jan van Ruysbroeck, written during his mature period at the Augustinian priory of Groenendaal between 1335 and 1350.…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
Van den rike der ghelieven (The Realm of the Lovers) stands as one of Jan van Ruysbroeck's most profound explorations of the mystical life, written during his mature period at the Augustinian…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1381 · Treatise
This treatise on the nature of the Eucharist emerges from Jan van Ruysbroeck's mature period as prior of the Augustinian community at Groenendaal, where he sought to articulate a profound sacramental theology…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
Van den seven trappen (The Seven Steps) is a compact mystical treatise by the Flemish mystic Jan van Ruysbroeck, composed during the middle decades of the fourteenth century while he served as…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
Jan van Ruysbroeck's treatise on the spiritual tabernacle stands as one of the most systematic expositions of mystical theology to emerge from the Flemish mystical tradition of the fourteenth century. Written during…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1335–1350 · Treatise
Jan van Ruysbroeck's "Vanden XII dogheden" ("On the Twelve Virtues") emerged from his pastoral work as prior of the Augustinian canons at Groenendaal, where he guided a community of contemplatives seeking deeper…
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Gregory Palamas · 1338–1341 · Treatise
Gregory Palamas composed this systematic defense of hesychast spirituality in response to fierce attacks from Barlaam of Calabria, a Greek-Italian monk who criticized the mystical practices of Mount Athos as crude and…
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Richard Rolle · 1340–1349 · Treatise
Richard Rolle's Commandment of Love stands as one of the most accessible expressions of his mystical theology, written in Middle English during the final decade of his life as a hermit in…
