The Library
1577 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
3 works
c. 948–952
Greek
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus · 905–959
A private handbook from an emperor to his son on the peoples surrounding the empire — Rus, Pechenegs, Serbs, Croats — and how to manage each of them.
969
Latin
Liudprand of Cremona · c. 920–972
A furious report of a failed diplomatic mission — bad wine, worse lodgings, humiliating protocol, and a Byzantine emperor who called the Western ruler no emperor at all.
c. 978–984
Latin
John of Saint-Arnoul · 10th century
The life of a monastic reformer, including his long embassy to the caliph at Córdoba, where he was warned that repeating his message would cost him his head.
3 of 1577 works