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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

c. 975–990

Greek

The Menologion

Symeon Metaphrastes · 10th century

The lives of the saints for every day of the year, rewritten in a uniform and polished Greek from older texts of uneven quality.

Byzantine · HagiographyRead elsewhere

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1170–1200

Latin

The Letters

Peter of Blois · c. 1130–c. 1211

Polished letters on court service, the misery of clerical careerism, the education of princes, and his own repeated failure to obtain the promotion he thought he deserved.

Western · LettersRead elsewhere