Editing 11th century (section)

===Literature===

[[Image:Ostromirovo.jpg|thumb|upright|The ''[[Ostromir Gospels]]'' of [[Novgorod]], 1057]]
*1000 – ''[[The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries]]'' is written by [[Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī]].
* c. 1000 – The ''[[Al-Tasrif]]'' is written by the Andalusian physician and scientist [[Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi]] (Abulcasis).
* c. 1000 – The ''Zij al-Kabir al-Hakimi'' is written by the Egyptian astronomer [[Ibn Yunus]].
*1002–1003 – ''Book of Lamentations'' is written by [[Gregory of Narek]], one of the [[Doctor of the Church|Doctors of the Church]].
*1000–1037 – ''[[Hayy ibn Yaqdhan]]'' is written by [[Ibn Tufail]].
*1008 – The ''[[Leningrad Codex]]'', one of the oldest full manuscripts of the [[Hebrew Bible]], is completed.
*c. 1010 – The oldest known copy of the epic poem ''[[Beowulf]]'' was written around this year.
*1013 – The ''[[Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau]]'', a Chinese encyclopedia, is completed by a team of scholars including Wang Qinruo.
*1020 – The ''[[Bamberg Apocalypse]]'' commissioned by [[Otto III]] is completed.
*1021 – Lady [[Murasaki Shikibu]] writes her [[Japanese literature|Japanese]] novel, ''[[The Tale of Genji]]''.
*1021 – The ''[[Book of Optics]]'' by [[Ibn al-Haytham]] (Alhazen or Alhacen) is completed.
*1037 – The ''[[Jiyun]]'', a Chinese [[rime dictionary]], is published by Ding Du and expanded by later scholars.
*1037 – Birth of the Chinese poet [[Su Shi]], one of the renowned poets of the Song dynasty, who also penned works of [[travel literature]].
*1044 – The ''[[Wujing Zongyao]]'' military manuscript is completed by Chinese scholars Zeng Gongliang, Ding Du, and Yang Weide.
*1048–1100 – The ''[[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]]'' is written by [[Omar Khayyam]] sometime after 1048.
*1049 – ''[[The Record of Tea]]'' is written by Chinese official [[Cai Xiang]]
*1052 – The ''[[Uji Dainagon Monogatari]]'', a collection of stories allegedly penned by [[Minamoto-no-Takakuni]], is written sometime between now and 1077.
*1053 – The ''[[New History of the Five Dynasties]]'' by Chinese official [[Ouyang Xiu]] is completed.
*1054 – Russian [[legal code]] of the [[Russkaya Pravda]] is created during the reign of [[Yaroslav I the Wise]].
*1057 – The ''[[Ostromir Gospels]]'' of Novgorod are written.
*1060 – compilation of the ''[[New Book of Tang]]'', edited by Chinese official [[Ouyang Xiu]], is complete.
*1060 – the [[Mugni Gospels]] of Armenia are written in illuminated manuscript form.
*1068 – The ''[[Book of Roads and Kingdoms (al-Bakrī)|Book of Roads and Kingdoms]]'' is written by [[Abū 'Ubayd 'Abd Allāh al-Bakrī]].
*1070 – [[William I of England]] commissioned the Norman monk [[William of Jumièges]] to extend the ''[[Gesta Normannorum Ducum]]'' chronicle.
*1078 – The ''[[Proslogion]]'' is written by [[Anselm of Canterbury]].
*1080 – The Chinese poet [[Su Shi]] is exiled from court for [[Su Shi#Poetry|writing poems criticizing]] the various reforms of the [[History of the Song dynasty#Partisans and factions, reformers and conservatives|New Policies Group]].
*c. 1080 – the ''[[Liber pantegni]]'' is written by [[Constantine the African]].
*1084 – The ''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]'' history is completed by Chinese official [[Sima Guang]].
*1086 – The ''[[Domesday Book]]'' is initiated by [[William I of England]].
*1088 – The ''[[Dream Pool Essays]]'' is completed by [[Shen Kuo]] of Song China.
*The roots of European [[Scholasticism]] are found in this period, as the renewed spark of interest in literature and [[Classicism]] in Europe would bring about the [[Renaissance]]. In the 11th century, there were early Scholastic figures such as [[Anselm of Canterbury]], [[Peter Abelard]], [[Solomon ibn Gabirol]], [[Peter Lombard]], and [[Gilbert de la Porrée]].