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Pensées de Blaise Pascal.

June 12, 2025

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This is a medieval sacramentary manuscript from the Reichenau monastery, crafted for liturgical use in the Trier region. ...

Biblia (Gutenberg Bible)

June 12, 2025

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This digital primary source is a 1455 incunabulum of the Biblia (Gutenberg Bible) held by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, featuring the complete Vulgate text and early typographic production. ...

Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses

June 12, 2025

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Written by Dr. Martin Luther in 1517. ...

Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus La dioptriqve. Les meteores. Et La geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete methode. (Descartes – Discourse on the Method)

June 12, 2025

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Michel de Montaigne (On the Cannibals)

June 12, 2025

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"On the Cannibals" by Michel de Montaigne in 1508, translated by Ian Johnston in 2017. ...

Pico de la Mirandola (Oration on the Dignity of Man)

June 12, 2025

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The Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486) by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola is a foundational text of Renaissance humanism. ...

Institutio Christianae religionis Christianae religionis institutio : totam ferè pietatis summã & quicquid est in doctrina salutis cognitu necessarium complectens : omnibus pietatis studiosis lectu dignissimum opus, ac recens editum Praefatio ad Christianissimum regem franciae, qua hic ei liber pro confessione fidei offertur … (Calvin Institutes of the Christian Religion)

June 12, 2025

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A book written in Latin by Jean Calvin (1509-1564) ...

Moriae encomium (The Praise of Folly)

June 12, 2025

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A book written by Desiderius Erasmus in Latin and translated into English by John Wilson. ...

Interior of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam

April 26, 2024

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Calvinism has been known at times for its simple, unadorned churches and lifestyles, as depicted in this painting of the interior of the Oude kerk in Amsterdam (south nave), by Emanuel de Witte. ...

Luther lässt 95 sätze gegen den ablass an die scholsskirche zu Wittenberg anschlagen, 1517

April 26, 2024

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A small crowd has gathered to watch as Martin Luther directs the posting of his 95 theses, protesting the practice of the sale of indulgences, to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. ...