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| 4513394936 | Decameron by Boccaccio | (vernacular) a story about ten friends trying to hide from the Black Death; everyday each person would share a story with their friends. Shockingly modern, scandalous | 0 | |
| 4513400853 | Oration on the Dignity of Man by Mirandola | (Renaissance humanism) bible of Renaissance humanism; he compared ethical traditions of all over the known world to identify universal truths | 1 | |
| 4513404743 | The Courtier by Castiglione | (Renaissance etiquette) he describes Renaissance manners; a Renaissance man. The Renaissance man has all the traits of a medieval knight, and is educated and artistic | 2 | |
| 4513410275 | The Prince by Machiavelli | (civic humanism) first major work of political science; Better to be feared than loved. Ends justify the means | 3 | |
| 4513414048 | The Republic by Bodin | (civic humanism) a political work in which he argued in favor of absolute monarchy as the best form of government | 4 | |
| 4513416875 | In Praise of Human Folly by Erasmus | (Christian humanism) it is a satire in which he mocks certain church practices as silly | 5 | |
| 4513421993 | On the Education of a Christian Knight by Erasmus | (Christian/civic humanism) a guide to rulers on how to be good leaders; ultimately, you must follow the example of Christ | 6 | |
| 4513425006 | Utopia by More | (Christian humanism) he describes an ideal society, one where everyone is educated and treats each other with kindness | 7 | |
| 4513430547 | Against the Monstrous Regiment in Women by Knox | (anti-women) in it, he used biblical scripture to argue that a woman should never hold power over a man; he cited Elizabeth of England and Mary Queen of Scots | 8 | |
| 4513438664 | The Ninety-Five Theses by Luther | (Protestant Reformation) 95 arguments against the Catholic teachings on good works. He wrote it in Latin to start a conversation with brother clergy | 9 | |
| 4513443466 | Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants by Luther | (social politics) an essay in which he condemns the peasant uprising; he used the Bible to justify it | 10 | |
| 4513448569 | The Book of Common Prayer by no single author | (Anglican) a beautiful collection of English prayers and hymns used only by the Anglican Church | 11 | |
| 4513450315 | The Institutes by Calvin | (Protestant Reformation) explain's Calvin's theology including predestination; Doctrine of the Elect | 12 | |
| 4513455730 | Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius | (Catholic Reformation) a Catholic work that describes different activities one can do to grow stronger in their faith | 13 | |
| 4513459047 | Othello by Shakespeare | (Elizabethan) a tragedy in which the lead character is a very complex man who happens to be black | 14 | |
| 4513462579 | Essays by Montaigne | (skepticism) philosophical work in which he describes relativism; cultures do things differently from each other, but non are superior. These are the minority views | 15 | |
| 4513468317 | On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies by Copernicus | (astronomy) the first work to argue in favor of the heliocentric theory; he published it on his deathbed | 16 | |
| 4513479597 | New Astronomy by Kepler | (astronomy) scientific text using very complicated mathematics to prove the elliptical orbit of planets | 17 | |
| 4513484116 | The Starry Messenger by Galileo | (astronomy) it includes Galileo's drawings and descriptions of his telescopic observations including lunar maps, canals of Mars, sunspots, and the moons of Jupiter | 18 | |
| 4513500742 | Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo | (astronomy) a side-by-side comparison of the heliocentric and geocentric theories | 19 | |
| 4513505106 | Principia by Newton | (science) one of the most important science texts ever written; a compilation of some of Newton's most important work including the theory of gravity and universal science | 20 | |
| 4513508759 | Optica by Newton | (study of light) a description of Newton's work with light including the idea that white light shown through a prism creates the spectrum of color | 21 | |
| 4513515671 | On the Fabric of the Human Body by Vesalius | (anatomy) it contains accurate, beautiful drawings of human anatomy, based on dissection; used in medical schools for over 300 years | 22 | |
| 4513527655 | On the Movement of Blood in Animals by Harvey | (medicine) a medical text which explains the circulatory systems; he maps the veins and arteries | 23 | |
| 4513539461 | Inquiry into the Cause and Effect of Vaccine by Jenner | (medicine) a medical text that describes his research in finding a vaccine for smallpox; cowpox | 24 | |
| 4513542554 | New Instrument by Bacon | (science) an explanation of the scientific method and the need for empirical knowledge; hypothesis-experimentation-new hypothesis | 25 | |
| 4513551626 | Discourse on Method by Descartes | (science) an explanation of rationalism; it includes his famous exclamation; cogito ergo sum | 26 | |
| 4513569000 | Don Quixote by Cervantes | (satire on medievalism) a masterpiece of Spanish literature; it mocks medieval values. The hero of the story wishes he were a knight. He fights a windmill | 27 | |
| 4513572284 | The Leviathan by Hobbes | (political science) an important English political work; the first to describe the social contract. he said the contract could never be broken | 28 | |
| 4513576346 | Of Civil Government by Locke | (political science) an important English political work; he agreed with Hobbes that there is a social contract but believed the contract could be broken; people possessed the "right to vote" and the "right to life, liberty, and property" | 29 | |
| 4513586391 | True Laws of Free Monarchs by James I | (political science) an echo of Jean Bodin's The Republic; an English language argument in favor of absolute divine right monarchy | 30 | |
| 4513590300 | Candide by Voltaire | (satire) a satirical work that mocked the optimistic views of the day and the belief in a loving God. Dr. Pangloss' comment that we "live in the best of all possible worlds at the best possible times" captures the theme | 31 | |
| 4513601470 | Philosophical Letters on the English by Voltaire | (political comment) it is a love letter to England written during an exile from France. He compared the freedom of England to the repression of France. "England, where men think free and noble thoughts" | 32 | |
| 4513608807 | The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu | (political science) influential political work that advocated the separation of political powers into different branches of government. It influenced Madison in the drafting of the US Constitution | 33 | |
| 4513624496 | The Social Contract by Rousseau | (political science) revolutionary work that opposed hereditary monarchy and argued that man is the happiest in the "natural state" and that civilization is corrupting. He favored the "general will" or democracy. "Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains" | 34 | |
| 4513633011 | Encyclopedia by Diderot | (educational) a compendium of all human knowledge to be at your quick access. 28 volumes and focused on philosophy and science | 35 | |
| 4513641027 | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon | (empirical history) the first modern history book based on empirical data, not simply legends or myths. Much of his research was based off the newly discovered ruins on Pompeii | 36 | |
| 4513644243 | The Wealth of Nations by Smith | (classical economics) probably the single most important economics text ever written. He argued against mercantilism and in favor of supply and demand capitalism. He said that government should maintain "laissez-faire" attitude toward the economy | 37 | |
| 4513651070 | The Laws of War and Peace by Grotius | (international relations) first major book of international law. In it, he argued that nations were governed by the same laws as people. 3 mile limit | 38 | |
| 4513656421 | Gulliver's Travels by Swift | (satire) masterpiece of 18th century satire that mocked English society | 39 |
