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A medieval woman's mirror of honor : the treasury of the city of ladies / Christine de Pizan ; translated, with an introduction by Charity Cannon Willard ; edited, with an introduction by Madeleine Pelner Cosman.
Van Pelt Library PQ1575 .L6913 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.
- Standardized Title:
- Livre des trois vertus. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Imaginary conversations.
- Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Women.
- Women--Conduct of life.
- Women--History--Early works to 1800.
- Feminism--Early works to 1800.
- Feminism.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Bard Hall Press/Persea Books, 1989.
- Summary:
- This is the sequel to the classic Book of the City of Ladies. A medieval instruction book for women of all classes -- from peasant to princess -- it provides a firsthand glimpse into how women of the Middle Ages lived.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Le Livre des trois vertus.
- Bibliography: pages 261-266.
- ISBN:
- 0892551445 :
- 0892551356
- OCLC:
- 19221076
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