Vita coaetanea / A Contemporary Life / Vida coetánea / Vida coetània

The Vita coaetanea (A Contemporary Life) is an autobiographical account of Ramon Llull’s life dictated by himself to a friend in 1311 when he was seventy-nine years old. In it Llull reviews his works in the context of a life dedicated to God and motivated by the desire to disseminate the message of the Christian faith among the infidels. Llull, the self-labeled troubadour of books , wrote this account in part as a self-justification of his life and work, in part as self-consolation for his unend