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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (parfois orthographié Christine de Pisan, 1364 - c.1430) fut la première femme écrivain professionnelle du moyen-âge et la première femme de lettres réputée en France. Ses ouvrages les plus connus prônaient une plus grande égalité et un plus grand respect des femmes, précédant en cela le mouvement féministe du XIXe siècle de quelque 600 ans.

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #ByAnyOtherName by #JodiPicoult. A marvelous dual timeline novel that questions the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. 

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Pizán: La condición de la mujer y la Reforma

Muchos académicos consideran que El libro de la ciudad de las damas (1405) de Cristina de Pizán (1364 - c. 1430) es la primera obra de literatura feminista; precede a la obra de Mary Wollstonecraft Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer (1792) por casi 400 años en la defensa de la igualdad de la mujer en la sociedad.

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Christine de Pizan or Pisan (French: [kʁistin də pizɑ̃], Middle French: [krisˈtinə də piˈzã]; born Cristina da Pizzano; September 1364 – c. 1430), was an Italian-born French court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French royal dukes, in both prose and poetry. Via Wikipedia

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Pizan's The Status of Women & the Reformation

The Book of the City of the Ladies (1405) by Christine de Pizan (l. 1364 - c. 1430) is considered by many scholars to be the first work of feminist literature, predating A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) by Mary Wollstonecraft by almost 400 years in advocating for the equality of women in society.

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Two by Christine. #christinedepizan #christinedepisan #bookofthecityofladies #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookcollection #medieval #medievalliterature (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxYi4GANb8/?igshid=4f1f4dxfcb38

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Christine de Pizan 1364-1430. Filósofa, poeta humanista y escritora. Su obra "La ciudad de las damas", una colección de historias de heroínas del pasado, creó un gran revuelo. En ella crea un debate combatiendo las ideas misóginas de los numerosos autores de su tiempo. Su padre, médico y astrólogo en la corte de Carlos V y su marido, secretario de la corte, le animaron a desarrollar sus intereses intelectuales en un tiempo en que las mujeres no tenían mayores aspiraciones que la casa y los hijos. Con la repentina muerte de su padre y su marido y para poder mantener a sus tres hijos solo le quedaban dos opciones, el convento o casarse de nuevo. Ella, llena de valor, decidió seguir escribiendo convirtiéndose en la primera mujer de profesión intelectual. Las obras de Christine combatieron los escritos y las teorías divulgadas hasta el momento donde la mujer era considerada inferior al hombre. Fue al comienzo de la Revolución Francesa cuando su figura se rescató del olvido convirtiéndola en precursora del feminismo. Toda una revolucionaria en la Edad Media. . Durante el mes de marzo recordaré con ilustraciones a algunas de las mujeres que nos han ayudado a avanzar para conseguir la igualdad de género bajo el hashtag #marzoilustrado Y si alguien se quiere unir... bienvenido!! . ©Paula Mayor paulamayor.es • • #ChristinedePizan #mujeres #8m #feminista #feminismo #noesno #abortolegal #acoruña #galicia #paulamayor #paulamayorart #ilustracion #marzoenfemenino #girlpower #visibilidad #thankafeminist https://www.instagram.com/p/BvZWAdznFt5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=207hnyi37s0v

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Christine de Pizan

Author, poet, wife and mother. Christine de Pizan became well known for her works on women's equality during the reign of Charles VI (think Battle of Agincourt, although King Charles VI actually did not command this battle due to psychotic illnesses he was suffering from). 

She created what are called Illuminated Manuscripts, which was essentially using illustrations to depict what was being transcribed. This was important for the time because most people could not read, so illustrations were important for knowing what was going on in the manuscripts. But what really set her apart was when another author, Jean de Meun, made sexist remarks in one of his books about women being “seducers”. Christine de Pizan launched a direct attack on him by writing her own book The Tale of the Rose (after his book Romance of the Rose) claiming his views “misogynistic, vulgar, immoral and slanderous to women”. She went on to have members of the royal courts (yes, multiple) love her work and even become patrons. 

What seems to be her most famous work however is The Book of the City of Ladies (or Le Livre de la Cite des Dames) in which she writes about the “heroism of women throughout history and the oppression they faced in medieval Europe”. In this book, she writes about a city, an utopia, built just for women and free of misogyny. I don’t know about you, but this sounds like something I would love to sink into a chair and read. Added to Wishlist. 

“If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences” - The Book of the City of Ladies.   

I have included a few images depicting some of her works. In particular the third photo showing de Pizan herself working alongside the personifications of Rectitude, Reason and Justice to build this utopian cite des dames. 

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Tomorrow I start my course on #womeninarthistory with the amazing works by #christinedepizan #medival #art #literature #poetry #illuminatedmanuscript #ancientbooks #beauty #knowledge #passaparola (at Arcore) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2_1jNPIK0M/?igshid=8lkxf0sjssm1

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BOOK REVIEW: #ByAnyOtherName by #JodiPicoult. A marvelous dual timeline novel that questions the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. 

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Christine de Pizán

Christine de Pizán (también llamada Christine de Pisan, 1364 - c. 1430) fue la primera escritora profesional de la Edad Media y la primera mujer de letras de Francia. Nació en Venecia, Italia, pero su familia se trasladó pronto a Francia cuando su padre fue nombrado astrólogo de la corte del rey francés Carlos V (que reinó de 1364 a 1380). Aunque siempre valoró su herencia italiana, se dedicó a Francia y a la corte real durante el resto de su vida.

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Christine de Pizan. Paris. France

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Marie Dentière's A Very Useful Epistle

A Very Useful Epistle (Epistre tres utile, 1539) is an open letter by the female reformer Marie Dentière (l. c. 1495-1561) to Marguerite of Navarre (l. 1492-1549) advocating for a greater role for women in the work of the Protestant Reformation. The letter was suppressed by the city council of Geneva, and Dentière's arguments were ignored by male reformers.

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Today seemed like the day for a classic. The City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan who loved from 1364 to 1430! Certainly no one ever told me in school that women were writing works of feminism in the *Middle Ages*. Anyway, Pizan has had quite enough of reading books written by men about how women are terrible, so she writes her own book, constructing a rhetorical city populated by valiant and faithful women from history (pagan, Jew, and Christian alike), building up a foundation, windows, and towers to clear womankind of those evils they have been accused of, and establish their virtues. She then goes further to argue for the education and self-determination of women. . A gem I might never have discovered but for the Penguin Great Ideas series. . . #womenintranslation #womenintranslationmonth #witmonth #translatedfromfrench #christinedepizan #thecityofladies #rosalindbrowngrant #penguingreatideas #feministclassics