This century featured an account of Byzantium complaining about its brackish water, despite the fact that its author, Liutprand of Cremona, was a guest of the Emperor. Liutprand also wrote about Marozia, who married Sergius III and put John XI in the papacy. In the Sixteenth century, Cardinal Baronius dubbed this century the Iron or Leaden century and it also saw the existence of the Saeculum obsc
This century featured an account of Byzantium complaining about its brackish water, despite the fact that its author, Liutprand of Cremona, was a guest of the Emperor. Liutprand also wrote about Marozia, who married Sergius III and put John XI in the papacy. In the Sixteenth century, Cardinal Baronius dubbed this century the Iron or Leaden century and it also saw the existence of the Saeculum obscurum or the Pornocracy. Poland under Mieszko I converted to Christianity, and Kievan Rus followed shortly after. Seeing the foundation of Cluny and the forced marriage of Adelaide of Italy lead to an invasion by a man who would spawn a namesake renaissance, this century also saw the end of the Carolingian dynasty. For 10 points, name this century that was the darkest of the Dark Ages, which saw the establishment of the Ottonian and Capetian dynasties, and preceded the century that saw the First Crusade and the Norman invasion of England.
This century featured an account of Byzantium complaining about its brackish water, despite the fact that its author, Liutprand of Cremona, was a guest of the Emperor.
{10th} century [accept {Iron} or {Leaden century} before mention; accept {900s}; prompt on {Pornocracy} or {Saeculum obscurum} before mention; accept reasonable equivalents]