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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Meister Eckhart · 1294–1327 · Sermon
The Latin sermons of Meister Eckhart are the preaching of a Dominican master of theology to hearers trained in Latin — fellow friars, students, clergy gathered at chapters and synods — and…
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Marguerite d'Oingt · 1294 · Treatise
The Speculum, or Mirror, is a short visionary treatise by Marguerite d'Oingt, a Carthusian nun who served as prioress of the charterhouse of Poleteins, near Lyon, until her death in 1310. She…
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Meister Eckhart · 1294–1298 · Treatise
The "Talks of Instruction" represents Meister Eckhart's earliest systematic theological work, composed during his initial tenure as prior of the Dominican convent at Erfurt in the final years of the thirteenth century.…
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Ramon Llull · 1295 · Treatise
The Tree of Science stands as Ramon Llull's most ambitious attempt to synthesize all human knowledge within a unified Christian framework. Written in 1295 during his mature period, this encyclopedic treatise emerged…
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Marguerite Porete · 1296–1306 · Treatise
The Mirror of Simple Souls is a mystical treatise written in Old French by Marguerite Porete, a beguine from Hainaut, between 1296 and 1306. Porete composed this work as a guide for…
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Angela de Foligno · 1297–1309 · Treatise
Angela of Foligno's Instructions emerged from her years as a spiritual director to a growing circle of disciples in late thirteenth and early fourteenth-century Italy. A Franciscan tertiary who had experienced a…
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Johannes Tauler · 1300–1361 · Sermon
The Inner Way emerges from the sermons Johannes Tauler preached throughout the Rhineland during the fourteenth century, a period when the Dominican mystical tradition was reaching its full flowering. Tauler inherited the…
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Meister Eckhart · 1300–1328 · Sermon
Meister Eckhart's sermons and treatises emerge from his dual role as Dominican preacher and university master in early fourteenth-century Germany. Preaching primarily to communities of religious women—Beguines and Dominican nuns—Eckhart developed a…
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Meister Eckhart · 1300–1327 · Sermon
Meister Eckhart was a Dominican friar who twice held the Paris chair of theology reserved for non-French members of his order, an honor he shared with Thomas Aquinas. But the German sermons…
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Meister Eckhart · 1302–1303 · Treatise
The Quaestiones Parisienses represents Meister Eckhart's formal theological engagement during his second tenure at the University of Paris, where he served as master of theology from 1311 to 1313. These scholastic questions,…
