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15 de mar. de 2012 · Christine de Pizan's The Vision is both a powerful contemporary response to the chaos that would eventually precipitate Henry V's invasion of France, and a fascinating view of the author's own progress as a woman reader, writer, and public commentator in the late Middle Ages.
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15 de mar. de 2012 · An easy-to-grasp translation of Christine de Pizan's allegorical description of the state of France in the early fifteenth century. Her allegorical vision also touches on the state of women and of her own life during a time of plagues, wars, crusades, political intrigue, and all the other upheavals of this time during the Middle Ages.
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As a long-time intimate of the French court, Christine here analyses the origins of the civil strife in which France found itself in 1405, and offers a possible future, calling for its resolution...
1 de dic. de 2006 · Her writings were varied and unique and offered an insightful perspective on life in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Europe, particularly France, and on the lives of medieval women. Her works stretched from poetry to allegory, from manuals of warfare to commentaries on contemporary politics.
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22 primary works • 22 total works. Texts (in translation) and interpretive essays illuminating women's intellectual and spiritual life in the Middle Ages. Published by Boydell & Brewer. Angela of Foligno's Memorial. by Cristina Mazzoni. 3.86 · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions. Angela of Foligno is considered by many as the gre…
Bibliography. Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-174) and index. Publisher's summary. The last of Christine de Pizan's book-length allegories, The Vision (L'Avision) was written at a time of tumult in both the history of France and Christine's own professional life.
Amazon.com: The Vision of Christine de Pizan (Library of Medieval Women): 9781843842989: McLeod, Glenda, Willard, Charity Cannon: Libros
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