Christine de Pizan

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.

Or the Book of the Three Virtues

The Treasure of the City of Ladies

Pioneering female writer Christine de Pizan's spirited defence of her sex against medieval misogyny and literary stereotypes is now recognized as one of the most important books in the history of feminism, and offers a telling insight into the role of women in a man's world.

The City of Ladies

This is the first translation into modern English of Christine de Pizan's major political work, The Book of the Body Politic (c. 1407). Written during the Hundred Years' War by France's first female professional writer, it discusses the education and behavior appropriate for princes, nobility and common people, so that all classes can understand their responsibilities toward society as a whole. The product of a time of unrest and disorder, the book provides a fascinating view of politics from the perspective of an educated woman.

The Book of the Body Politic

Originally published in 1984, the three epistolary works of Christine de Pizan, alongside their translation. They are all personal documents from a woman who gave spiritual advice as well as an insight into the real workings of her society.

With an Epistle to the Queen of France and Lament on the Evils of the Civil War

The Epistle of the Prison of Human Life

Originally published in 1993, this book offers a translation of Christine de Pizan's Christine's Vision, as translated by Glenda K. McLeod. One of France's first professionl writers, Christine de Pizan wrote a large and remarkable body of work, distinguished not only for its variety and quality but also for its unusual blend of introspective and public commentary. As Christine's Vision makes clear, Christine sensed the similarities between her fate and France's and felt a close bond with her adopted land.

Christine's Vision

Figură de referință a Evului Mediu târziu, Christine de Pizan a fost una dintre primele scriitoare care au semnat cu propriul nume și a jucat un rol crucial în apariția și desfășurarea primei mari polemici literare din cultura europeană – cea din jurul capodoperei lui Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose. Apărută în 1405, Cartea cetății doamnelor încearcă să spulbere prejudecățile, larg răspândite la acea vreme, privind inferioritatea femeilor. Christine de Pizan imaginează un oraș ideal al doamnelor unde nu există trepte sociale sau ranguri nobiliare și îl populează cu figuri de sfinte, eroine, poete sau regine ce ilustrează imensul potențial creator pe care femeile îl pot oferi lumii. Curajoasă și erudită apologie a virtuților femeilor, Cartea cetății doamnelor este considerată îndeobște prima utopie feministă din literatura universală și a devenit un model pentru literatura feminină ulterioară.

Cartea cetăţii doamnelor

Christine (de Pisan)

Medieval social/political theory from Christine de Pizan, France's first female professional writer.

Christine de Pizan

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