2 Books (Penguin Classics Editions) by Christine de Pizan
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Overview: Christine de Pizan (c.1364-1430) was France’s first professional woman of letters and the author of The Book of the City of Ladies.
Genre: History/Philosophy/Criticism
The Treasure of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics Revised Edition)
Christine de Pizan, Sarah Lawson (Translator, Introduction, Notes)
Advice and guidance for women of all ages, from Europe’s first professional woman writer
Written by Europe’s first professional woman writer, The Treasure of the City of Ladies offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. It paints an intricate picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a fascinating glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Christine de Pizan’s book provides a valuable counterbalance to male accounts of life in the middle ages and demonstrates, often with dry humour, how a woman’s position in society could be made less precarious by following the correct etiquette.
The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics Edition)
Christine de Pizan, Rosalind Brown-Grant (Translation, Introduction, Notes)
A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France’s first professional woman of letters
The pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer’s tirade against women, Christine de Pizan has a dreamlike vision where three virtues—Reason, Rectitude and Justice—appear to correct this view. They instruct her to build an allegorical city in which womankind can be defended against slander, its walls and towers constructed from examples of female achievement both from her own day and the past: ranging from warriors, inventors and scholars to prophetesses, artists and saints. Christine de Pizan’s spirited defence of her sex was unique for its direct confrontation of the misogyny of her day, and offers a telling insight into the position of women in medieval culture. The Book of the City of Ladies provides positive images of women, ranging from warriors and inventors, scholars to prophetesses, and artists to saints.
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