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The Medieval Church · c. 1115
Monodies
De Vita Sua
Guibert of Nogent · c. 1055–c. 1124
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What it is
An abbot's account of his mother, his own sexual temptations and bad dreams, a murdered bishop, and a communal revolt at Laon, written in imitation of Augustine.
Why it lasted
The most psychologically revealing autobiography between Augustine and the Renaissance, and unusually frank about family and fear.
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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