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.
1001–1100
6 works
c. 1057–1058
Latin
Humbert of Silva Candida · c. 1000–1061
An argument that ordinations bought with money are not merely illicit but void, and that lay rulers have no business investing bishops with ring and staff.
1075
Latin
Pope Gregory VII · c. 1015–1085
Twenty-seven bald propositions entered in the papal register: the Roman church has never erred, the pope alone may depose emperors, and he may be judged by no one.
c. 1077–1080
Latin
Lampert of Hersfeld · c. 1028–c. 1085
A hostile account of Henry IV's reign, containing the celebrated description of the king waiting barefoot in the snow at Canossa for three days.
1073–1085
Latin
Pope Gregory VII · c. 1015–1085
The letters of the most combative pope of the Middle Ages, including the two depositions of Henry IV and a long defence of the right to depose kings.
c. 1082
Latin
Bruno of Merseburg · 11th century
A partisan account of the Saxon revolt against Henry IV, quoting letters and speeches and treating the rebellion as a just resistance to tyranny.
c. 1085
Latin
Liber ad Gebehardum
Manegold of Lautenbach · c. 1030–c. 1103
A defence of the pope against Henry IV, arguing that a king holds office under something like a contract with his people, and forfeits it if he becomes a tyrant.
6 of 1774 works