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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.

801–900

The Ninth Century

1 work

882

Latin

On the Governance of the Palace

De Ordine Palatii

Hincmar of Reims · 806 – 882

Written for a young king in the last year of Hincmar's life, describing how Charlemagne's court was run — the officers, the twice-yearly assemblies, who advised on what — and arguing that a king who rules without counsel is a tyrant and that the bishops are owed a hearing.

Western · Treatise1 SamuelProverbsRomansDeuteronomyRead elsewhere