Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image / / Charlotte Cooper-Davis.
It is well known that in several of her works, Christine de Pizan actively sought to valorize and empower women; she notably made the case for women’s education, argued for the protection of widows, and famously attacked the misogyny of the all-pervasive Roman de la Rose. Whilst numerous examination...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender and Power in the Premodern World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on Translation
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Conventions, Collaboration, and Craft: Representing the Author in Christine de Pizan’s Author- Manuscripts
- Chapter 2. Wisdom, Chastity, and War: The Power of Female Didactic Figures
- Chapter 3. Female Creation and Education in Le Livre de la mutacion de Fortune
- Chapter 4. Assessing the Gender of Christine’s Audiences
- Conclusion
- Christine de Pizan’s Illustrated Author- Manuscripts
- Bibliography
- Index