Cultural Attention Over Time

Bible

Various (500 BC)

630

editions 1450-1600

Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis (1418)

249

editions 1450-1600

De Sphaera

Sacrobosco (1230)

230

editions 1450-1600

Golden Legend

Jacobus de Voragine (1260)

207

editions 1450-1600

Aeneid

Virgil (19 BC)

155

editions 1450-1600

Adages

Erasmus (1500)

152

editions 1450-1600

Sentences

Peter Lombard (1150)

125

editions 1450-1600

Metamorphoses

Ovid (8)

107

editions 1450-1600

Divine Comedy

Dante (1320)

95

editions 1450-1600

Summa Theologica

Thomas Aquinas (1274)

85

editions 1450-1600

Orlando Furioso

Ariosto (1532)

85

editions 1450-1600

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle (340 BC)

73

editions 1450-1600

Natural History

Pliny (77)

73

editions 1450-1600

Elements

Euclid (300 BC)

72

editions 1450-1600

Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius (524)

70

editions 1450-1600

Canon of Medicine

Avicenna (1025)

70

editions 1450-1600

Decameron

Boccaccio (1353)

56

editions 1450-1600

Confessions

Augustine (400)

55

editions 1450-1600

City of God

Augustine (426)

55

editions 1450-1600

Book of the Courtier

Castiglione (1528)

55

editions 1450-1600

Metaphysics

Aristotle (340 BC)

52

editions 1450-1600

Prognosticatio

Lichtenberger (1488)

47

editions 1450-1600

Praise of Folly

Erasmus (1511)

45

editions 1450-1600

Malleus Maleficarum

Heinrich Kramer (1487)

40

editions 1450-1600

Republic

Plato (375 BC)

38

editions 1450-1600

Revelations of Birgitta

Birgitta of Sweden (1370)

37

editions 1450-1600

Ship of Fools

Sebastian Brant (1494)

31

editions 1450-1600

The Prince

Machiavelli (1532)

28

editions 1450-1600

Heptameron

Marguerite de Navarre (1558)

25

editions 1450-1600

De Mulieribus Claris

Boccaccio (1362)

24

editions 1450-1600

Utopia

Thomas More (1516)

22

editions 1450-1600

De Vita Libri Tres

Marsilio Ficino (1489)

20

editions 1450-1600

Discourses on Livy

Machiavelli (1531)

18

editions 1450-1600

Letters of Catherine of Siena

Catherine of Siena (1375)

18

editions 1450-1600

Roman de la Rose

Guillaume de Lorris (1275)

17

editions 1450-1600

De Occulta Philosophia

Agrippa (1533)

15

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Vittoria Colonna

Vittoria Colonna (1538)

15

editions 1450-1600

De Re Aedificatoria

Alberti (1452)

15

editions 1450-1600

Canterbury Tales

Chaucer (1400)

12

editions 1450-1600

Interior Castle

Teresa of Avila (1577)

12

editions 1450-1600

De Docta Ignorantia

Nicholas of Cusa (1440)

10

editions 1450-1600

Corpus Hermeticum

Ficino (trans.) (1471)

10

editions 1450-1600

Almagest

Ptolemy (150)

10

editions 1450-1600

Life of Teresa of Avila

Teresa of Avila (1565)

10

editions 1450-1600

Book of Angela of Foligno

Angela of Foligno (1309)

10

editions 1450-1600

De Pictura

Alberti (1435)

10

editions 1450-1600

Oration on the Dignity of Man

Pico della Mirandola (1486)

9

editions 1450-1600

Le Morte d'Arthur

Thomas Malory (1485)

8

editions 1450-1600

Piers Plowman

William Langland (1370)

8

editions 1450-1600

Steganographia

Trithemius (1499)

8

editions 1450-1600

Way of Perfection

Teresa of Avila (1566)

8

editions 1450-1600

Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Heloise/Abelard (1132)

8

editions 1450-1600

Lives of the Artists

Vasari (1550)

8

editions 1450-1600

Troilus and Criseyde

Chaucer (1385)

6

editions 1450-1600

De Verbo Mirifico

Reuchlin (1494)

6

editions 1450-1600

De Arte Cabalistica

Reuchlin (1517)

6

editions 1450-1600

Plays of Hrotsvitha

Hrotsvitha (970)

5

editions 1450-1600

Discorso

Laura Terracina (1548)

5

editions 1450-1600

Monas Hieroglyphica

John Dee (1564)

4

editions 1450-1600

De Revolutionibus

Copernicus (1543)

4

editions 1450-1600

Book of the City of Ladies

Christine de Pizan (1405)

4

editions 1450-1600

Examinations of Anne Askew

Anne Askew (1546)

4

editions 1450-1600

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Francesco Colonna (1499)

3

editions 1450-1600

Atalanta Fugiens

Michael Maier (1617)

3

editions 1450-1600

Amphitheatrum Sapientiae

Heinrich Khunrath (1595)

3

editions 1450-1600

Works of Louise Labé

Louise Labé (1555)

3

editions 1450-1600

Dialogues of Tullia d'Aragona

Tullia d'Aragona (1547)

3

editions 1450-1600

Prayers of Katherine Parr

Katherine Parr (1545)

3

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Anna Bijns

Anna Bijns (1528)

3

editions 1450-1600

Les Angoysses

Hélisenne de Crenne (1538)

3

editions 1450-1600

Vita Christi

Isabel de Villena (1497)

3

editions 1450-1600

Utriusque Cosmi Historia

Robert Fludd (1617)

2

editions 1450-1600

Picatrix

Pseudo-Maslama (1000)

2

editions 1450-1600

Herald of Divine Love

Gertrude the Great (1289)

2

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Gaspara Stampa

Gaspara Stampa (1554)

2

editions 1450-1600

Nobility of Women

Lucrezia Marinella (1600)

2

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Veronica Gambara

Veronica Gambara (1530)

2

editions 1450-1600

Works of Des Roches

Catherine & Madeleine des Roches (1579)

2

editions 1450-1600

Works of Katharina Zell

Katharina Schütz Zell (1534)

2

editions 1450-1600

Contes amoureux

Jeanne Flore (1531)

2

editions 1450-1600

Emblemes

Georgette de Montenay (1567)

2

editions 1450-1600

Sonnets spirituels

Anne de Marquets (1562)

2

editions 1450-1600

Regentenbuch

Elisabeth von Braunschweig (1545)

2

editions 1450-1600

Scivias

Hildegard of Bingen (1151)

1

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Veronica Franco

Veronica Franco (1575)

1

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Chiara Matraini

Chiara Matraini (1555)

1

editions 1450-1600

The Worth of Women

Moderata Fonte (1600)

1

editions 1450-1600

Copy of a Letter

Isabella Whitney (1567)

1

editions 1450-1600

Letters of Laura Cereta

Laura Cereta (1488)

1

editions 1450-1600

Orations of Cassandra Fedele

Cassandra Fedele (1487)

1

editions 1450-1600

Poems of Pernette du Guillet

Pernette du Guillet (1545)

1

editions 1450-1600

Works of Luisa Sigea

Luisa Sigea (1552)

1

editions 1450-1600

Jane Anger Her Protection

Jane Anger (1589)

1

editions 1450-1600

Flori

Maddalena Campiglia (1588)

1

editions 1450-1600

Premieres oeuvres

Marie de Romieu (1581)

1

editions 1450-1600

Les Misères

Nicole Estienne (1573)

1

editions 1450-1600

Meditation of a Penitent Sinner

Anne Locke (1560)

1

editions 1450-1600

Morning and Evening Prayers

Elizabeth Tyrwhit (1574)

1

editions 1450-1600

French Historie

Anne Dowriche (1589)

1

editions 1450-1600

Hymns

Elisabeth Cruciger (1524)

1

editions 1450-1600

Cloud of Unknowing

Anonymous (1375)

Revelations of Divine Love

Julian of Norwich (1395)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Anonymous (1390)

Causae et Curae

Hildegard of Bingen (1150)

Book of Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe (1436)

Lais of Marie de France

Marie de France (1175)

Flowing Light of the Godhead

Mechthild of Magdeburg (1250)

Herald of Divine Love

Gertrude the Great (1289)

Book of Special Grace

Mechthild of Hackeborn (1291)

Visions

Elisabeth of Schönau (1160)

Page of Meditations

Marguerite d'Oingt (1286)

Mirror of Simple Souls

Marguerite Porete (1300)

Seven Manners of Loving

Beatrice of Nazareth (1250)

Poems of Isabella di Morra

Isabella di Morra (1545)

Psalms of Mary Sidney

Mary Sidney (1599)

Poems of Sor Juana

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1689)

Orations

Costanza Varano (1444)

Oration to Pius II

Ippolita Maria Sforza (1465)

Orations & Letters

Battista da Montefeltro Malatesta (1433)

Letters

Cecilia Gonzaga (1447)

Laude & Sacred Poetry

Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1470)

Sacre rappresentazioni

Antonia Pulci (1483)

Poems

Ginevra de' Benci (1478)

Letters

Isabella d'Este (1500)

Letters

Elisabetta Gonzaga (1502)

Self-Portraits & Letters

Sofonisba Anguissola (1560)

Commentaries on Aristotle

Beatriz Galindo (1500)

Memorias

Leonor López de Córdoba (1400)

Chronicle

Jeanne de Jussie (1535)

Enseignements

Anne de Beaujeu (1505)

Journal

Caritas Pirckheimer (1525)

Lamentation of a Sinner

Catherine Parr (1545)

Examinations

Anne Askew (1546)

Letters

Lady Jane Grey (1553)

Letters of Isotta Nogarola

Isotta Nogarola (1451)

Novelas of María de Zayas

María de Zayas (1637)

Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

Aemilia Lanyer (1611)

Tragedy of Mariam

Elizabeth Cary (1613)

Urania

Mary Wroth (1621)

Works of Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish (1666)

Works of Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn (1688)

Equality of Men and Women

Marie de Gournay (1622)

Mystical City of God

María de Ágreda (1670)

Autobiography of Madame Guyon

Madame Guyon (1688)

Works of Isabella Andreini

Isabella Andreini (1562)

Poems of Laudomia Forteguerri

Laudomia Forteguerri (1555)

Poems of Tarquinia Molza

Tarquinia Molza (1575)

Autobiography (Lieutenant Nun)

Catalina de Erauso (1626)

Cancionero poems

Florencia Pinar (1480)

Works of Ana de San Bartolomé

Ana de San Bartolomé (1582)

Iphigenia at Aulis

Jane Lumley (1553)

Mouzell for Melastomus

Rachel Speght (1617)

Miscellanea

Elizabeth Grymeston (1604)

Ane Godlie Dreame

Elizabeth Melville (1603)

Manuscripts

Esther Inglis (1600)

Poems

Maria Tesselschade (1620)

Opuscula

Anna Maria van Schurman (1648)

Translations

Birgitte Thott (1658)

Correspondence with Descartes

Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1643)

Principles of Philosophy

Anne Conway (1690)

Discourse Concerning the Love of God

Damaris Cudworth Masham (1696)

A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

Mary Astell (1694)

Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen

Bathsua Makin (1673)

Institutions de physique

Émilie du Châtelet (1740)

Defence of Mr. Locke's Essay

Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1702)

Traité de la morale et de la politique

Gabrielle Suchon (1693)

Physics Dissertations

Laura Bassi (1732)

Instituzioni analitiche

Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1748)

Doctoral Thesis

Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1678)

The Alexiad

Anna Comnena (1148)

Poems & Sayings

Rabia al-Adawiyya (801)

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu (1010)

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon (1002)

Lessons for Women

Ban Zhao (100)

Poems

Li Qingzhao (1125)

Devotional Songs

Mirabai (1540)

Vakhs

Lal Ded (1355)

Teachings

Themistoclea (550 BC)

Teachings

Myia (500 BC)

Teachings

Damo (500 BC)

On Wisdom

Perictione (450 BC)

Teachings

Aspasia of Miletus (450 BC)

Teachings

Arete of Cyrene (350 BC)

On the Harmony of Women

Aesara of Lucania (350 BC)

On the Moderation of Women

Phintys (350 BC)

Works

Hypatia of Alexandria (400)

Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

Maria Sibylla Merian (1705)

Urania Propitia

Maria Cunitz (1650)

Astronomical Observations

Sophie Brahe (1590)

Comet Discovery

Maria Margarethe Kirch (1702)

Astronomical Tables

Elisabeth Hevelius (1690)

Halley's Comet Calculations

Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1762)

Comet Discoveries

Caroline Herschel (1786)

On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville (1831)

Notes on the Analytical Engine

Ada Lovelace (1843)

Trotula

Trota of Salerno (1150)

Alchemical Works

Mary the Jewess (100)

Querelle des Femmes

Various (1500)

Il Libro dell'Arte

Cennini (1400)