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The Medieval Church · c. 958–962
Retribution
Antapodosis
Liudprand of Cremona · c. 920–972
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What it is
A history of Italy, Germany, and Byzantium written explicitly to repay enemies, full of scandal, verse interludes, and Greek words showing off the author's learning.
Why it lasted
The most entertaining and least trustworthy history of its century, and a vivid picture of tenth-century Italian politics.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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