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de Pisan Christine
1363–1430
A pioneering voice of late medieval Europe, this poet and thinker built a literary career in France and wrote boldly about politics, history, and the dignity of women. Her work still stands out for its intelligence, clarity, and unusual independence.
8 Audiobooks
Les cent histoires de Troye : L'epistre de Othea deesse de prudence envoyee a l'esperit chevalereux Hector de Troye avec cent hystoires
by de Pisan Christine
Oeuvres poétiques Tome 2
by de Pisan Christine
Le trésor de la cité des dames de degré en degré et de tous estatz
by de Pisan Christine
Oeuvres poétiques Tome 1
by de Pisan Christine
The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode
by de Pisan Christine
The Book of the Duke of True Lovers
by de Pisan Christine
L'art de chevalerie selon Vegece
by de Pisan Christine, Honoré Bonet, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Flavius Vegetius Renatus
L'avision de Christine
by de Pisan Christine
About the author
Born in Venice in 1364 and raised mostly in France, Christine de Pizan became one of the best-known writers at the French court. After her husband died while she was still young, she supported herself and her family through writing, an extraordinary path for a woman in her time.
She wrote in both poetry and prose, producing a wide range of works on love, war, good government, and the lives of famous rulers. She is especially remembered for The Book of the City of Ladies, a spirited defense of women that challenged the unfair ideas about them found in many medieval texts.
Christine de Pizan is often described as one of Europe's first professional women writers. She spent her later years connected with the convent at Poissy and is believed to have died around 1430, leaving behind a body of work that continues to interest readers, historians, and feminist scholars.