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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.

901–1000

The Tenth Century

1 work

989 onward

Latin

The Canons of the Peace of God

The Councils of Charroux and Le Puy

Councils of bishops, backed by crowds and relics, excommunicate anyone who robs a church, strikes an unarmed cleric, or seizes a peasant's livestock.

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1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

1 work

c. 1025–1034

Latin

The Chronicle

Adémar of Chabannes · c. 989–1034

A history of the Franks and of Aquitaine by a monk who also forged an apostolic pedigree for his own monastery's patron and staged a council to confirm it.

Western · ChronicleRead elsewhere