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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.
- March 15, 2012
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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- The Status of Women
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The work begins with the narrator feeling despondent after reading the 13th-century poet Matheolus maintaining the sinfulness of women and how they corrupt and ruin men's lives, especially through marriage. While contemplating how Matheolus' views are found in many other works by learned scholars and clergy, she wonders how God, a master craftsman,...
The section of the work often anthologized as The Status of Women is the opening scene of the book in which the narrator falls into despair and is introduced to the three ladies. Lady Reason's speech concerning what men have said about women, as contrasted with women's true nature, makes up most of the text, only a part of which is given below. The...
Although Lady Reason, Lady Rectitude, and Lady Justice eloquently argued for women's equality throughout Pizan's work, their speeches had little effect on men's attitudes toward women. Even after many of the Church's teachings were rejected during the Protestant Reformation, the concept of women as inherently sinful was retained. Influential women ...
- Joshua J. Mark
The Vision of Christine de Pizan Library of medieval women, ISSN 1369-9652: Author: Christine (de Pisan) Editor: Glenda McLeod: Translated by: Glenda McLeod, Charity Cannon...
1 de dic. de 2006 · REVIEWS OF BOOKS. Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430) would be considered a remarkable woman by today’s standards; certainly to her contemporaries, she was an exceptional individual, not only educated, but a renowned secular and public figure.
- Amanda Beam
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Contents/Summary. Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-174) and index. 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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