The Library
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.
901–1000
5 works
910
Latin
William the Pious of Aquitaine · d. 918
A duke gives land for a monastery and then renounces all authority over it, placing it directly under Rome and forbidding any lord, bishop, or king to interfere.
c. 930
Latin
Odo of Cluny · c. 878–942
The life of a layman and landholder presented as a saint — a lord who fought with the flat of his sword, refused to despoil the poor, and never married.
c. 930–940
Latin
Collationes
Odo of Cluny · c. 878–942
Three books of moral criticism aimed at clergy and nobility alike, unsparing about simony, violence, and the appetites of the powerful.
c. 998
Latin
Odilo of Cluny · c. 962–1049
An order that on the day after All Saints every Cluniac house shall offer prayers and alms for all the faithful departed without exception.
c. 1000
Latin
Epitaphium Adelheidae
Odilo of Cluny · c. 962 – 1049
The abbot of Cluny on an empress he had known: imprisoned by one king, married to another, twice regent, a founder of monasteries, and in old age travelling between courts trying to keep her son and grandson from war.
1101–1200
2 works
1143
Latin
Lex Mahumet Pseudoprophete
Robert of Ketton · 12th century
The first translation of the Qur'an into any European language, made in Spain for the abbot of Cluny as part of a whole dossier on Islam.
c. 1155–1156
Latin
Peter the Venerable · c. 1092–1156
A refutation of Islam addressed, unusually, to Muslims themselves, arguing that they should be approached with reasons rather than arms.
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