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Monodies and On the Relics of Saints: The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from theTime of the Crusades
The first Western autobiography since Augustine's
Confessions
, the
Monodies
is set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately recounts his early years, monastic life, and the bloody uprising at Laon in 1112, we witness a world-and a mind-populated by royals, heretics, nuns, witches, and devi
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Paperback
,
400 pages
Published
September 27th 2011
by Penguin Classics
(first published August 30th 2011)
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