The Library
1693 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
1 work
c. 956–959
Greek
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus · 905–959
The full protocol of the imperial court and its liturgical year: processions to churches, coronations, receptions of ambassadors, and the acclamations to be sung at each.
1001–1100
1 work
c. 1059–1078
Greek
Michael Psellos · 1018–c. 1078
A history of fourteen emperors by a courtier who served most of them, written as psychological portraiture and unusually candid about his own manoeuvring.
1101–1200
3 works
1159
Latin
John of Salisbury · c. 1120–1180
On the follies of courtiers and the duties of rulers, comparing the commonwealth to a body and arguing that a tyrant may lawfully be killed.
c. 1181–1193
Latin
De Nugis Curialium
Walter Map · c. 1130–c. 1210
Gossip, ghost stories, monastic satire, and complaints about court life from a royal clerk who compared the court to hell and admitted he could not leave it.
c. 1170–1200
Latin
Peter of Blois · c. 1130–c. 1211
Polished letters on court service, the misery of clerical careerism, the education of princes, and his own repeated failure to obtain the promotion he thought he deserved.
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