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Bookmark or Share- Who is Christine de Pizan? – Digital Library of Medieval ManuscriptsAs one of the first and most prolific women of letters of her adoptive country, she is often viewed as one of the pivotal writers of late medieval Europe. Her works reflect on important and varied socio-political, theological, cultural, feminist, and educational issues of her time.
- Pizan's The Status of Women & the ReformationThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan is an allegory advocating for women's equality. Three mystical beings - Lady Reason, Lady Rectitude, and Lady Justice - visit the author to help her build a metaphorical city in which women's value will be recognized and appreciated.
- Christine de Pisan | Biography & Facts | BritannicaChristine de Pisan (born 1364, Venice [Italy]—died c. 1430) was a prolific and versatile French poet and author whose diverse writings include numerous poems of courtly love, a biography of Charles V of France, and several works championing women. Christine de Pisan’s Italian father was astrologer to Charles V, and she spent a pleasant ...
- Christine de Pizan - World History EncyclopediaChristine de Pizan influenced society by demonstrating women's equality through reference to extensive examples of heroines from literature, history, mythology, and scripture. She helped women to feel better about themselves.
- Christine de Pizan - Medieval Studies - Oxford BibliographiesThe prolific writer Christine de Pizan (b. c. 1364–d. c. 1431) was an innovative lyric poet, early champion of women, and political writer. Although some of her political allegories seem obscure to the nonspecialist, the autobiographical sketches that characterize many of her works make her attractive to popular as well as scholarly audiences.
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