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Bridget of Sweden · 1344–1373 · Other
The Revelationes is a collection of mystical visions received by Bridget of Sweden over nearly three decades, from approximately 1344 until her death in 1373. Born into Swedish nobility, Bridget experienced her…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1346–1350 · Treatise
The Seven Enclosures is a short treatise of spiritual direction written by Jan van Ruusbroec, prior of the Augustinian canons at Groenendaal in the Sonian Forest outside Brussels, for Margriet van Meerbeke,…
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Anonymous (The Cloud of Unknowing) · 1350–1400 · Treatise
The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous fourteenth-century treatise on contemplative prayer, written in Middle English by an unknown English mystic for a young disciple seeking deeper union with God. Emerging from…
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Anonymous (Theologia Germanica) · 1350–1400 · Treatise
The Theologia Germanica emerged from the Rhineland mystical tradition of the fourteenth century, written by an anonymous priest associated with the Friends of God, a loose network of mystics centered around figures…
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Heinrich Suso · 1350–1365 · Treatise
The Briefbüchlein, or "Little Book of Letters," consists of eleven letters that Heinrich Suso wrote to various disciples seeking spiritual counsel during the middle decades of the fourteenth century. These letters emerged…
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Jan van Ruusbroec · 1350–1365 · Treatise
Jan van Ruysbroeck's "Van den kerstenen ghelove" ("On the Christian Faith") stands as his most systematic theological work, written during his mature period as prior of the Augustinian canonry at Groenendaal. Unlike…
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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 · 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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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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