The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan

The Book of the City of Ladies

Christine de Pizan with Rosalind Brown-Grant (Translator)

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Shocked and distressed by a male writer's vilification of women, Christine de Pizan has a powerful dreamlike vision in which she is visited by three personified Virtues: Reason, Rectitude and Justice. They tell her she has been chosen to write a b...

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