c. 520
Latin
The Life of Saint Genevieve
Anonymous
The life of the consecrated woman who is said to have kept Paris from panic when Attila approached, and organised grain convoys during a siege.
Western · BiographyRead elsewhere
501–600
The Sixth Century
1 work
1101–1200
The Twelfth Century
1 work
1159
Latin
Metalogicon
John of Salisbury · c. 1120–1180
A defence of the study of logic and grammar against those who want students hurried to profitable subjects, with vivid recollections of the masters he studied under in Paris.
Scholastic · EducationRead elsewhere
1201–1300
The Thirteenth Century
4 works
c. 1231–1236
Latin
On the Universe
William of Auvergne · c. 1180–1249
A bishop of Paris works through the newly available Aristotelian and Arabic philosophy, accepting what he can and rejecting the eternity of the world and the single intellect.
Scholastic · PhilosophyRead elsewhere
c. 1236–1245; completed later
Latin
The Summa of Theology
Alexander of Hales and his school · c. 1185–1245
A vast collaborative theology from the first Franciscan master at Paris, notable for organising material by question rather than by commentary on a text.
Franciscan · Systematic theologyRead elsewhere
7 March 1277
Latin
The Condemnation of 219 Propositions
Stephen Tempier · d. 1279
A bishop of Paris condemns two hundred and nineteen propositions taught in the arts faculty, including several that limited what God could have done.
Western · CondemnationRead elsewhere
1276–1292
Latin
The Quodlibetal Questions
Henry of Ghent · c. 1217–1293
Answers to any question the audience chose to raise, twice yearly for fifteen years, on everything from divine illumination to whether a bishop may keep a plurality of benefices.
Scholastic · DisputationRead elsewhere
1301–1400
The Fourteenth Century
2 works
c. 1340–1358
Latin
Questions on Aristotle's Physics
Jean Buridan · c. 1300–c. 1361
A revision of Aristotle's account of motion, proposing that a thrown body carries an impressed impetus that persists — and that the heavens may move by the same principle.
Scholastic · Natural philosophyRead elsewhere
c. 1379–1381
Latin
On the Schism
Pierre d'Ailly · 1351–1420
Early writings on the schism arguing that the church cannot be bound to an uncertain obedience, and that a council represents it more fully than a doubtful pope.
Western · Political theoryRead elsewhere
1401–1500
The Fifteenth Century
1 work
1402–1408
Latin
On Mystical Theology
Jean Gerson · 1363–1429
An attempt to give mystical experience a place inside academic theology, defining contemplation as knowledge reached through love rather than through argument.
Western · MysticalRead elsewhere