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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1359 · Treatise
The Christian Faith (Van den kerstenen ghelove) is a short treatise by Jan van Ruusbroec, the fourteenth-century Brabantine priest who served for decades as a chaplain at St. Gudula in Brussels before…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1359 · Treatise
Jan van Ruusbroec wrote this treatise in 1359, late in a long life spent first as a chaplain at St. Gudula's in Brussels and then as an Augustinian canon at the priory…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1360 · Treatise
One of the shorter treatises of Jan van Ruusbroec (1293–1381), the Brabantine mystic who spent some twenty-five years as a chaplain at the collegiate church of St. Gudula in Brussels before withdrawing…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1360–1381 · Treatise
The Book of the Twelve Béguines (Van den twaelf beghinen) is the last and most sprawling of Jan van Ruusbroec's writings, composed in Middle Dutch during his final decades at the Augustinian…
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Heinrich Suso · 1362–1366 · Book
Heinrich Suso's Little Book of Eternal Wisdom emerged from the German Dominican's own intense spiritual journey in the mid-fourteenth century. Writing in his native German rather than Latin, Suso crafted this work…
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Heinrich Suso · 1362–1366 · Book
Heinrich Suso's Vita stands as one of the most psychologically penetrating spiritual autobiographies of the medieval period. Written between 1362 and 1366, this German-language work emerged from Suso's need to defend himself…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1363 · Treatise
Jan van Ruusbroec wrote this short treatise near the end of his life, in response to readers who could not tell whether he was orthodox. Ruusbroec, an Augustinian canon at Groenendaal in…
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Letters Letters of Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena · 1370–1380 · Letter
Catherine of Siena's extensive correspondence represents one of the most remarkable collections of spiritual letters from the fourteenth century. Writing during the tumultuous period of the Avignon Papacy and the Great Western…
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Bridget of Sweden · 1370 · Treatise
The Regula Sanctissimi Salvatoris emerged from the visionary experiences of Bridget of Sweden, a fourteenth-century mystic and eventual saint who received what she believed to be direct revelations from Christ regarding the…
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John Wycliffe · 1374–1384 · Treatise
John Wycliffe's treatise "Of Prelates" emerged from his deepening conflict with ecclesiastical authorities during the final decade of his career at Oxford. Written between 1374 and 1384, this work represents one of…
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John Wycliffe · 1375–1376 · Treatise
Written between 1375 and 1376, De Dominio Divino represents John Wycliffe's foundational treatise on divine lordship and the nature of legitimate authority. The work emerged from Wycliffe's growing conviction that the institutional…
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John Wycliffe · 1376–1378 · Treatise
John Wycliffe's treatise on civil dominion emerged from the turbulent ecclesiastical politics of fourteenth-century England, written during his years as a master at Oxford when the papacy faced its greatest crisis of…
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Catherine of Siena · 1376–1380 · Other
Le Orazioni comprises twenty-six prayers dictated by Catherine of Siena during the final years of her life, between 1376 and 1380. These intimate conversations with God emerged from her intense mystical experiences…
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Catherine of Siena · 1377–1378 · Treatise
Catherine of Siena's great mystical treatise emerged from her profound spiritual experiences during the final years of her short but intense life. Writing in the Tuscan vernacular rather than Latin, Catherine recorded…
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John Wycliffe · 1378 · Treatise
John Wycliffe's treatise On the Church emerged from the tumultuous ecclesiastical politics of fourteenth-century England, written in 1378 during the Western Schism when rival papal claimants divided Christendom. As master of Balliol…
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John Wycliffe · 1378 · Treatise
Written in 1378 during Wycliffe's tenure as a master at Oxford, this Latin treatise emerged from the intensifying conflicts between papal authority and emerging conciliar movements in the late fourteenth century. Wycliffe…
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John Wycliffe · 1379 · Treatise
John Wycliffe's treatise "On Papal Power" emerged from the mounting ecclesiastical and political tensions of fourteenth-century England, written during the Western Schism when rival papal claimants competed for legitimacy. Composed in 1379…
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Walter Hilton · 1380 · Treatise
Walter Hilton's "Of Angels' Song" emerges from the flourishing mystical tradition of fourteenth-century England, written as a pastoral response to Christians who claimed extraordinary spiritual experiences, particularly the hearing of angelic music…
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John Wycliffe · 1380 · Treatise
John Wycliffe's treatise on the Eucharist emerged from his deepening theological confrontation with what he saw as the institutional corruptions of the late medieval Church. Written in 1380, the work represents Wycliffe's…
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John Wycliffe · 1380–1400 · Treatise
The Poor Caitiff stands as one of the most widely circulated devotional treatises of late medieval England, though its attribution to John Wycliffe remains disputed among scholars. This compilation of spiritual instruction…
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Walter Hilton · 1380–1396 · Treatise
Written in the late fourteenth century by the Augustinian canon Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection emerged from the flowering of English mystical writing that included Julian of Norwich and the author…
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John Wycliffe · 1380–1384 · Book
John Wyclif's English works emerged from his conviction that ordinary believers needed direct access to Christian truth in their native tongue. Writing in the final years of his life after his controversial…
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John Wycliffe · 1380–1395 · Other
The Wycliffe Bible represents the first complete translation of Scripture into English, emerging from the reformist circle surrounding John Wycliffe at Oxford in the late fourteenth century. Wycliffe and his associates undertook…
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John Wycliffe · 1382–1384 · Treatise
The Trialogus stands as John Wycliffe's final and most systematic theological work, composed between 1382 and 1384 during his last years at Lutterworth. Written as tensions with ecclesiastical authorities reached their peak…
