01764nam a2200313 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082001900131100003200150245005700182264003600239300001400275336002600289337002800315338002700343520085100370650002801221650004401249650005201293650003601345650002001381650002401401650001301425650001201438482959InACL20260927132437.0260927s1998    xxu               0 eng d  a9780140446890  a0140446893  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a843.2bCHR2231 aPisan, Christine deeauthor14aThe book of the city of ladies /cChristine de Pisan 1aNew York :bPersea Books,c1998  a281 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aChristine de Pizan was born in 1365 in Venice. Her family moved to Paris three years later when her father was appointed court astrologer to King Charles V. Close ties to the royal court and her father's encouragement enabled Christine to obtain a good education, unusual for women of her time. At the age of fifteen, she married a court notary, who also fostered her learning and her literary activities. She was only twenty-five when she was widowed and left without an inheritance.With three children to support, Christine turned to writing to earn her living. From 1390 to 1429, the presumed year of her death, she wrote more than twenty works, nearly all concerned with two themes: the political life of France and the defense of women. The Book of the City of Ladies is Christine de Pizan's most eloquent expression of her feminist beliefs. 0aImaginary conversations 0aWomen -- History -- Early works to 1800 0aWomen -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800 0aFeminism -- Early works to 1800 0aConduct of life 0aEarly works to 1800 0aFeminism 0aHistory