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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

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

The Tenth Century

1 work

9th–10th century; authorship disputed

Latin

Waltharius

Attributed to Ekkehard of Saint Gall

A Germanic heroic legend told in Virgilian hexameters by a monk: two hostages escape Attila's court, and old comrades fight each other for treasure until all are maimed.

Western · Poetry