The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Or the Book of the Three VirtuesPenguin UK, 2003 M10 30 - 240 páginas Written by Europe’s first professional woman writer, The Treasure of the City of Ladies offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. It paints an intricate picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a fascinating glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Christine de Pizan’s book provides a valuable counterbalance to male accounts of life in the middle ages and demonstrates, often with dry humour, how a woman’s position in society could be made less precarious by following the correct etiquette. |
Contenido
Introduction to the Revised Edition | |
How temptations can come to a highborn princess | |
The good and holy reason and knowledge that comes to | |
How the good princess will wish to cultivate all virtues | |
Of the habits of pious charity that the good princess will | |
princess | |
Prudence | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Treasure of the City of Ladies, Or, The Book of the Three Virtues Christine (de Pisan) Vista de fragmentos - 1985 |
The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Or the Book of the Three Virtues Christine (de Pisan) Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
Términos y frases comunes
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