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The Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings
1624667295, 9781624667299

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Christine de Pizan
Ineke Hardy (transl.)

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Literature

Table of contents :
Introduction
A Note on Translating "The Book of the City of Ladies"
Christine de Pizan: Her Works, Her Times
Suggestions for Further Reading
From "Christine’s Vision" (1405)
"The Book of the City of Ladies" (1404–1405)
From "The Book of the Body Politic" (1404–1407)
From "Lamentation on France’s Ills" (1410)
Index

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