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The Book of the City of Ladies
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The Book of the City of Ladies Paperback - 2002

by De Pizan, Christine; Richards, Jeffrey Earl (trans.)

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New York: Karen and Michael Braziller / Persea Books, 2002. Good trade paperback, some highlighting and underlining, hole punched in back cover. Trade Paperback. Good.
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  • Title The Book of the City of Ladies
  • Author De Pizan, Christine; Richards, Jeffrey Earl (trans.)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 282
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Karen and Michael Braziller / Persea Books, New York
  • Date 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 211025-RD64
  • ISBN 9780892552306 / 0892552301
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Imaginary conversations, Women - Conduct of life - Early works to 1800
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97024021
  • Dewey Decimal Code 843.2

From the rear cover

Christine 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.

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