11th century in literature
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This article is a list of literary events and publications in the 11th century.
Events
- c. 1000â1025 â The only surviving manuscript of Beowulf is written.
- 1007 â The Book of Kells is probably stolen from the Abbey of Kells in Ireland for several months.[1]
- 1016 â The Icelandic skald Bersi Skáldtorfuson is captured at the naval Battle of Nesjar and imprisoned.
- c. 1022 â Nannayya, Aadi Kavi ("the first poet"), begins work on Andhra Mahabharatam, a translation of the Mahabharata into Telugu and the first work of Telugu literature.
- 1029 â Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni orders the library of Rey in Persia to be burned and all books to be deemed as heretical.[2]
- 1070
- The Temple of Literature, Hanoi, is founded in the Vietnamese capital.[3]
- King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn enacts new laws regulating the activities of Welsh bards and musicians.
- 1080â1086 â The Chinese poet and polymath Su Shi is sent into internal exile for political reasons. During this period he writes the first and second Chibifu (赤å£è³¦ "The Red Cliffs").
- 1086 â Poet-ruler of Al-Andalus, Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, kills his fellow-poet, former lover and vizier Muhammad ibn Ammar.
New works
- 1000
- Al-Tasrif (Ùتاب اÙتصرÙÙ Ù٠٠عجز ع٠اÙتأÙÙÙ The Method of Medicine), by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
- The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries (کتاب اÙآثار اÙباÙÙØ© ع٠اÙÙرÙ٠اÙخاÙÙØ© KitÄb al-ÄthÄr al-bÄqiyah `an al-qurÅ«n al-khÄliyah), by AbÅ« RayḥÄn al-BÄ«rÅ«nÄ«
- c. 1000 â The Battle of Maldon (Old English)[4]
- c. 1008â10 â The Diary of Lady Murasaki (ç´«å¼é¨æ¥è¨ Murasaki Shikibu Nikki), by Murasaki Shikibu (in kana script)
- 1010: March 8 (completed) â Shahnameh by Ferdowsi
- 1011 â Manual (Enchiridion) by Byrhtferth of Ramsey Abbey
- 1012â18 â Chronicon Thietmari by Thietmar of Merseburg
- By 1018 â Confessio Theologica by John of Fécamp
- 1019 â Legenda Sancti Goeznovii by 'William'
- By 1021 â The Tale of Genji (æºæ°ç©èª Genji monogatari), by Murasaki Shikibu
- 1021 â Book of Optics by Alhazen
- 1025 â The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna
- 1027 â The Book of Healing by Avicenna
- 1026â46 â Historiarum libri quinque ab anno incarnationis DCCCC usque ad annum MXLIV (History in five books from AD 900â1044) by Rodulfus Glaber
- c. 1040â44 â Wujing Zongyao (æ¦ç¶ç¸½è¦, "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques") by Zeng Gongliang, Ding Du, Yang Weide and others
- c. 1040â53 â Mukhtar al-hikam wa mahasin al-kalim (Choice Maxims and Finest Sayings), by al-Mubashshir ibn Fatiq
- 1041â42 â Encomium Emmae Reginae probably by a Flemish monk of the Abbey of Saint Bertin, Saint-Omer
- Mid-11th century â Sponsus
- After c. 1040 â Le Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland), original version, perhaps by Turold
- c. 1049 â Chronicle of Nantes (Chronicon Namnetense) concludes
- c. 1054â76 â Cançó de Santa Fe by an anonymous clerk in a Catalan dialect of Old Occitan
- After 1056 â Liber precum variarum by John of Fécamp
- 1064 â Liniantu (æ·å¹´å "Chart of Successive Years") by Sima Guang
- 1066 â by Sima Guang
- 1070 â Kutadgu Bilig (The Wisdom Which Brings Good Fortune), by Yusuf Khass Hajib of Balasagun in the Kara-Khanid Khanate (Uyghur language)
- c. 1070 â Hamamatsu ChÅ«nagon Monogatari (æµæ¾ä¸ç´è¨ç©èª), attributed to Takasue's Daughter
- c. 1070 â KathÄsaritsÄgara by Somadeva
- 1073â76 â Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum by Adam of Bremen
- c. 1075 â Vita sancta Servatii and Miracula sancta Servatii (life and miracles of Saint Servatius) by Jocundus
- 1077 â Monologion (Monologue) by Anselm
- 1077â78 â Proslogion (Address) by Anselm
- 1084 âZizhi Tongjian (è³æ²»éé; Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government) by Sima Guang
- 1086 â Domesday Book
- c. 1087 â Almanac by AbÅ« IshÄq IbrÄhÄ«m al-ZarqÄlÄ« (Arzachel)
- 1088 â Dream Pool Essays (夢溪çè«, Mèng XÄ« BÇ Tán) by Shen Kuo
- 1098 â Elucidarium by Honorius Augustodunensis
- Late 11th century
- The Incoherence of the Philosophers (تÙاÙت اÙÙÙاسÙØ©, TahÄfut al-FalÄsifaÊ°) by Al-Ghazali
- Lebor Gabála Ãrenn
- Siyasatnama (سÙاست Ùا٠Ù) by Nizam al-Mulk (Persian)
- 11th or 12th century â Betha Meic Creiche (Life of Mac Creiche, in Middle Irish)
- c. 11th century â The Records of Origin on Things and Affairs (äºç©çºªå), by Gao Cheng
- Heian period
- Sarashina Nikki (æ´ç´æ¥è¨, a travel diary) by Takasue's Daughter
- Yoru no Nezame (å¤ã®å¯è¦, Wakefulness at Night), attributed to Takasue's Daughter, but perhaps written after 1086
Births
- c. 1001 â Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, al-Andalusian poet and princess (died 1091)[5]
- c. 1003 â Ibn Zaydún, Arab poet (died 1071)[5]
- c. 1033 â Anselm of Canterbury, Aosta-born scholastic philosopher, archbishop and saint (died 1109)
- 1037: January 8 â Su Shi, Chinese poet (died 1101)
- 1040: February 22 â Rashi, French rabbinical scholar (died 1105)
- 1048: May 18 â Omar Khayyám, Persian philosopher, scientist and presumed poet (died 1131)
- 1078: Ibn Quzman, al-Andalusian poet (died 1160)
- 1079: Peter Abelard, French philosopher, theologian, and poet (died 1142)
Deaths
- 1001 â Wang Yucheng, Chinese poet (born 954)[6]
- c. 1002 â Hrotsvitha, Saxon secular canoness and writer of Latin poetry and drama (born c. 935)
- c. 1010 â Ãlfric of Eynsham, abbot and religious writer in Old English (born c. 955)
- 1029 â Koshikibu no Naishi (å°å¼é¨å ä¾), Japanese waka poet
- 1037 â Avicenna (Ibn-SÄ«nÄ), Persian polymath
- 1064: August 15 â Ibn Hazm (al-AndalusÄ« aáº-áºÄhirÄ«), Andalusian polymath (born 994)
- 1079: February 22 â John of Fécamp, Italian-born Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer
In literature
- Paul Kingsnorth's novel The Wake (2014) is set around the Norman conquest of England.