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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

1 work

c. 1077–1080

Latin

The Annals

Lampert of Hersfeld · c. 1028–c. 1085

A hostile account of Henry IV's reign, containing the celebrated description of the king waiting barefoot in the snow at Canossa for three days.

Western · ChronicleRead elsewhere