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Christine de Pizan

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born

December 24, 1362 in Venice, Italy

died

December 23, 1433

gender

female

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Christine de Pizan (also seen as de Pisan) (1363–c.1434) was a writer and analyst of the medieval era who strongly challenged misogyny and stereotypes that were prevalent in the male-dominated realm of the arts. De Pizan completed forty-one pieces during her thirty-year career (1399–1429). She earned her accolade as Europe’s first professional woman writer (Redfern 74). Her success stems from a wide range of innovative writing and rhetorical techniques that critically challenged renowned male writers such as Jean de Meun who, to Pizan’s dismay, incorporated misogynist beliefs within their literary works.
In recent decades, de Pizan's work has been returned to prominence by the efforts of scholars such as Charity Cannon Willard and Earl Jeffr...more

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Books by Christine de Pizan

Average rating: 3.60 · 890 ratings · 65 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, Earl Jeffrey Richards (Translator) 368 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 1405 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Or the Book of the Three Virtues by Christine de Pizan, Sarah Lawson (Translator) 346 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1405 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry by Christine de Pizan, Sumner Willard 365 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1410 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Selected Writings by Christine de Pizan, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski (Editor), Kevin Brownlee (Translator) 340 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Book Of The Duke Of True Lovers 388 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc (Medium Aevum monographs) 500 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1429 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Le Débat Sur Le Roman De La Rose by Christine de Pizan, Virginie Greene (Editor) 375 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1401 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Vision of Christine de Pizan (Library of Medieval Women) by Christine de Pizan, Glenda Mccleod (Translator), Charity Cannon Willard (Translator) 500 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Poésies d'amour 500 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Le Chemin de Longue Etude 350 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:

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Quotes by Christine de Pizan

“Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and ugliness that lies in ignorance, how well you are advised to not complain of the pain and labor of learning.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Or the Book of the Three Virtues

tags: education , knowledge , learning

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“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”
― Christine de Pizan

tags: gender-stereotypes , men-and-women

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“Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.”
― Christine de Pizan, Der Sendbrief vom Liebesgott / The Letter of the God of Love

tags: argument , deceit , defenselessness , double-standards , falsehood , hypocrisy , inequality , injustice , misrepresentation , one-sidedness , strength , unfairness , weakness

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