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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. 870–876

Latin

The Life of Anskar

Rimbert · d. 888

The career of a missionary to Denmark and Sweden, including a shipwreck, a Viking raid that destroyed his church, and the calm return to start again.

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1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

1 work

c. 1073–1076

Latin

History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen

Adam of Bremen · d. c. 1085

A history of the northern mission whose fourth book describes Scandinavia, the pagan temple at Uppsala, and lands to the west including Vinland.

Western · HistoryRead elsewhere