De Wert wrote over 230 madrigals and other secular works.

There were three main forms for secular works in the Trecento.

He composed 86 highly successful secular works and 119 sacred pieces.

It also has some different connotations in secular literary works.

Although much of the literature prior to the 18th century was religious, some secular works were also committed to writing.

These can be seen in the ornamentation of medieval religious and secular works.

The word does occur regularly in secular works from this period.

Several of his secular works were composed for court occasions.

In addition, many secular works of national history, mythology, and hagiography were also written.

Shakespeare's are the most studied secular works in history.