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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.

801–900

The Ninth Century

1 work

c. 825–840

Old Saxon

The Heliand

Anonymous

The gospel retold in alliterative Germanic verse for recently conquered Saxons: Christ as a liege-lord, the disciples as his warrior band, the nativity in a hall.

Western · PoetryMatthewLukeRead elsewhere

901–1000

The Tenth Century

1 work

c. 967–973

Latin

Deeds of the Saxons

Widukind of Corvey · c. 925–after 973

A history of the Saxon people and the Ottonian kings, dedicated to an abbess, and notably reticent about the church for a book written by a monk.

Western · HistoryRead elsewhere