Christine de Pizan and the Book of the City of Ladies
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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🗓️ 5 September 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Christine de Pizan is often described as a late-Medieval writer. But just “writer” does not really sum up everything she did. She wrote verse, military manuals, and treatises on war, peace and the just governance of a nation. She was the official biographer of King Charles V of France and wrote the only popular piece in praise of Joan of Arc that was penned during her lifetime.
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| 0:57.7 | She wrote all kinds of verse. |
| 1:00.7 | She wrote military manuals and treatises on war and peace and the just governance of a nation. |
| 1:06.6 | She wrote an autobiography in the form of an allegory. |
| 1:10.5 | She was the official biographer of King Charles V of France. |
| 1:13.9 | And she wrote the only popular piece of writing that praised Joan of Arc while Joan of Arc |
| 1:19.1 | was still living. |
| 1:21.1 | She also wrote the book of the City of Ladies, which is a compilation of notable women |
| 1:25.4 | from history, literature, and mythology that was one part of her very active participation |
| 1:31.5 | in an ongoing debate in medieval France about the nature of women and their representation |
| 1:38.2 | in history and literature, something we still discussed today. |
| 1:43.5 | And until Christine got involved, this argument had mostly been, or exclusively really, been |
| 1:48.3 | going on among men. |
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