![]() ![]() He made a pact with the monastery, if he was able to write a book including all human knowledge by the next morning they would let him live. One day he had broken his monastic vows and for this, he was going to be walled to death, according to Christian politics at the time. Herman the Recluse was a monk at the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice near Chrudim in the Czech Republic during the early 13th century. Some of you may think it took between 12 (26 years) to write the book, but the book was actually written only in a couple of hours.īefore getting into details about the book, here is the story behind the author who had done the impossible to save his own life. The title Codex Gigas can be translated from Latin to “Giant Book”, representing this monster. However, there is one book that had been written for a very specific reason and which is still making experts scratch their heads.Ĭodex Gigas is the name given to a manuscript that had been written by a monk from the Kingdom of Bohemia (now western part of Czechoslovakia) between 12. Most historical books have been written to enclose and transmit knowledge to others, knowledge which was very valuable in medieval times as education was still not a priority. Ooks have played a major role within human history, being the main and in some instances only way of recording events for future generations.
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