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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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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…
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Richard Rolle · 1340–1349 · Commentary
Richard Rolle's English Psalter stands as one of the earliest complete vernacular commentaries on the Psalms in medieval England. Written during the last decade of his life as a hermit in Yorkshire,…
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Bridget of Sweden · 1340–1373 · Other
The Revelationes Extravagantes represents a collection of mystical visions received by Brigitte of Sweden during her later years, spanning roughly from 1340 until her death in 1373. These "extraordinary revelations" were recorded…
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Richard Rolle · 1340–1349 · Treatise
Richard Rolle's final work emerged from a specific pastoral relationship with Margaret Kirkby, a young woman who had recently embraced the enclosed religious life as an anchoress at Hampole. Written in the…
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Richard Rolle · 1340–1349 · Treatise
Ego Dormio stands as one of Richard Rolle's most accessible English treatises on the mystical life, written during the 1340s for a nun or recluse seeking guidance in contemplative prayer. The work…
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Johannes Tauler · 1340–1361 · Treatise
The Institutiones represents Johannes Tauler's systematic approach to spiritual instruction, emerging from his decades of preaching and pastoral care in fourteenth-century Strasbourg. As a Dominican friar influenced by Meister Eckhart's mystical theology,…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1340–1360 · Treatise
A brief Middle Dutch treatise by Jan van Ruusbroec (1293–1381), the Brabantine priest who served as a chaplain at St. Gudula in Brussels before withdrawing in 1343 to Groenendaal in the Forest…
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Richard Rolle · 1340–1349 · Treatise
Richard Rolle's Emendatio Vitae, written during the final decade of his life as England's most prominent hermit, represents his most systematic attempt to chart the path of spiritual transformation. Composed between 1340…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1343–1350 · Treatise
Jan van Ruusbroec wrote this mystical treatise in Middle Dutch during the middle of the fourteenth century, likely between 1343 and 1350, while serving as prior of the Augustinian community at Groenendaal…
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Richard Rolle · 1343 · Treatise
Written around 1343, the Incendium Amoris stands as Richard Rolle's mature theological reflection on the mystical life, composed during his years as a hermit in Yorkshire. This Latin treatise emerged from Rolle's…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1343–1381 · Treatise
Jan van Ruysbroeck's "Vanden seven sloten" (Of the Seven Locks) stands as one of the Flemish mystic's most structured explorations of the spiritual journey toward union with God. Written during his mature…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1343–1350 · Treatise
The Sparkling Stone stands as one of the most sophisticated explorations of mystical union in medieval Christian literature. Jan van Ruysbroeck composed this treatise in Middle Dutch during his years at the…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1344–1349 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's massive theological treatise emerged from his deep concern that the dominant scholastic theology of his day had drifted toward Pelagianism by overemphasizing human free will and cooperation in salvation. Writing…
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