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Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings, Paperback / softback Book

Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings Paperback / softback

Edited by Rebecca Kingston, Sophie Bourgault

Part of the Hackett Classics series

Paperback / softback

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"Fresh, accurate, and engaging, this new translation of the Book of the City of Ladies helps us to understand what made Christine de Pizan so popular with her fifteenth-century contemporaries.

The editors provide a rich historical and philosophical context that will be very useful to both students and scholars of the history of political ideas.

The translations themselves gracefully navigate the fine line between accuracy and readability with considerable charm.

Rounding out this portrait of the turmoil of fifteenth-century France, the volume is enriched by excerpts from other works, Christine's Vision, the Book of the Body Politic, and the Lamentation on France’s Ills." —Kate Forhan, Emeritus, Siena CollegeCONTENTS:IntroductionA Note on Translating the Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan: Her works, Her TimesSuggestions for Further ReadingFrom Christine's Vision (1405)The Book of the City of Ladies (1404–1405)From The Book of the Body Politic (1404–1407)From Lamentation on France's Ills (1410)Index

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