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The treasure of the city of ladies, or, The book of the three virtues / Christine de Pisan ; translated with an introduction by Sarah Lawson.
Van Pelt Library BJ1609 .C4713 1985
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) BJ1609 .C4713 1985
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LIBRA BJ1609 .C4713 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.
- Standardized Title:
- Trésor de la cité des dames. English
- Language:
- English
- French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Women.
- Women--Conduct of life.
- Women--Religious life--Early works to 1800.
- Women--Religious life.
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Treasure of the city of ladies.
- Book of the three virtues.
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin, 1985.
- Summary:
- Christine de Pisan's writing is a valuable counterbalance to most of the rest of our evidence of medieval life which was written by men. She addresses all women, from those at the royal court to prostitutes, painting a vivid picture of their lives in fine detail-and often in a dryly amusing way. Her tone is moral, but also down to earth. A woman's position, as Christine herself knew, was hardly secure.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Le trésor de la cité des dames.
- ISBN:
- 014044453X
- OCLC:
- 11817226
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