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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1150–1173

Latin

The Ladder of Monks

Scala Claustralium

Guigo II · d. 1188

Four rungs — reading, meditation, prayer, contemplation — described with a domestic image: reading puts food in the mouth, meditation chews it, prayer finds the flavour.

Western Monastic · DevotionalRead elsewhere