The autobiography of a fourteenth century Italian priest

Medievalists.net has an interesting article about the autobiography of Opicino de Canastris,1296-1353, which survives in a Vatican MS. This is a text I was unaware of, and although its very spare and staccato style is far less literary than other medieval autobiographies, such as the Confessions of St Augustine or the Book of Margery Kempe, or biographies such as that by Jocelyn of Brakelond of Abbot Samson or by Joinville of St Louis, it still offers fascinating insights into the life, and inner thoughts, of an official in the Papal Curia in Avignon.

The article, which links to a modern edition of Canastris’ book and to the manuscript itself online, can be seen at A Medieval Autobiography