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The Medieval Church · c. 1143–1146
The Two Cities
Chronica sive Historia de Duabus Civitatibus
Otto of Freising · c. 1114–1158
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What it is
A world history on Augustine's plan by a bishop who was also an emperor's uncle, written in a mood of deep pessimism about the age.
Why it lasted
The most philosophically serious history of the Middle Ages, and the first to think hard about historical change as such.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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