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008			260927s1998 xxu 0 eng d
020			_a9780140446890
020			_a0140446893
040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a843.2 _bCHR _223
100	1		_aPisan, Christine de _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe book of the city of ladies / _cChristine de Pisan
264		1	_aNew York : _bPersea Books, _c1998
300			_a281 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_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.
650		0	_aImaginary conversations
650		0	_aWomen -- History -- Early works to 1800
650		0	_aWomen -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800
650		0	_aFeminism -- Early works to 1800
650		0	_aConduct of life
650		0	_aEarly works to 1800
650		0	_aFeminism
650		0	_aHistory
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