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A review by sofiaoh
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
christine proves you can be a jesus freak (affectionate) AND a misandrist. my hero <3
dont be fooled by the ten million years it took me to get through this, i actually really enjoyed this, for the most part. part three was particualrly tedious for me as a non theologian / loosely (mostly culturally) catholic person but fascinating from a religious perspective. very interesting to see piety and its relationship to womanhood in 14th century france/europe. as an aside it was soooo funny to ready about de pizan's one sided beef with paganism and her earnest attempts at christian-ifying the greek pantheon.
at times this was genuinely laugh out loud funny. its insane, and a little disturbing, how little men have changed over the past 6-700 years, if not longer. books like this really highlight the unchanging nature of humanity. i think we, plural, like to believe we are miles ahead of ancient or medieval people, but theres something almost sobering to know that not much has changed after all.
i'm hesitant to call this a feminist text, although it clearly lays the groundwork for a lot of feminist idealogy prescribed to today. startling to see the entrenchedness (is that a word?) of feminine gender identity, and even notions of the "perfect victim" laid out in this text although obviously those concepts didn't really exist in name back then.
just very very interesting and honestly, entertaining.
dont be fooled by the ten million years it took me to get through this, i actually really enjoyed this, for the most part. part three was particualrly tedious for me as a non theologian / loosely (mostly culturally) catholic person but fascinating from a religious perspective. very interesting to see piety and its relationship to womanhood in 14th century france/europe. as an aside it was soooo funny to ready about de pizan's one sided beef with paganism and her earnest attempts at christian-ifying the greek pantheon.
at times this was genuinely laugh out loud funny. its insane, and a little disturbing, how little men have changed over the past 6-700 years, if not longer. books like this really highlight the unchanging nature of humanity. i think we, plural, like to believe we are miles ahead of ancient or medieval people, but theres something almost sobering to know that not much has changed after all.
i'm hesitant to call this a feminist text, although it clearly lays the groundwork for a lot of feminist idealogy prescribed to today. startling to see the entrenchedness (is that a word?) of feminine gender identity, and even notions of the "perfect victim" laid out in this text although obviously those concepts didn't really exist in name back then.
just very very interesting and honestly, entertaining.