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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.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

c. 1467

Greek

History of Mehmed the Conqueror

Michael Kritovoulos · c. 1410–c. 1470

A Greek Christian writes an admiring history of the sultan who took his city, presenting Mehmed as a legitimate heir to the Roman emperors.

Byzantine · HistoryRead elsewhere