The Book of the City of Ladies During the renaissance many different views of leadership surfaced. Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies, Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, and William Shakespeare’s Richard III each present distinct views of what would make a good leader during the renaissance period. The Book of the City of Ladies. In her study, taking a break from her work, Christine de Pizan picks up a slim volume someone has given her. Shocked by the author’s harsh and extreme portrayal of the immoral and inconstant nature of women, Christine is saddened by this state of affairs. A flash of light startles her, and three women, allegorical figures representing Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, appear to bltadwin.ru by: The Book of the City of Ladies. The Book of the City of Ladies is a work of prose by Christine de Pizan that was first published in
Christine de Pizan both directly and indirectly encourages women to be religious and pious women. Christine indirectly encourages her readers to be pious through the use of multiple saints and biblical women as anecdotal evidence of good women. This is most obvious in her placement of the Virgin Mary as the queen in her Book of the City of Ladies. Christine de Pizan ( - ) the French writer, is best known for her seminal work of literature by, about, and in support of women, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames (). Now known as The Book of the City of Ladies, it was first translated into English as The Boke of the Cyte of Ladyes and published in London in , "in Paul's churchyard at the sign of the Trinity by Henry Pepwell.". In dialogues with three celestial ladies, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, Christine de Pizan (ca. ) builds an allegorical fortified city for women using examples of the important contributions women have made to Western Civilization and arguments that prove their intellectual and moral equality to men.
The Book of the City of Ladies or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, is perhaps Christine de Pizan's most famous literary work, and it is her second work of lengthy prose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to compose the book, but she often uses Latin-style syntax and conventions within her French prose. The book serves as her formal response to Jean de Meun's popular Roman de la Rose. Pizan combats Meun's statements about women by creating an allegorical city of ladies. She defends. The Book of the City of Ladies. In her study, taking a break from her work, Christine de Pizan picks up a slim volume someone has given her. Shocked by the author’s harsh and extreme portrayal of the immoral and inconstant nature of women, Christine is saddened by this state of affairs. A flash of light startles her, and three women, allegorical figures representing Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, appear to her. The Book of the City of Ladies, prose work by Christine de Pisan, published in as Le Livre de la cité des dames. Written in praise of women and as a defense of their capabilities and virtues, the work is a significant feminist argument against the misogynist male writing of the day. It was based in part on Giovanni Boccaccio ’s De claris mulieribus (–74; Concerning Famous Women).
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