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The Book of the City of Ladies Full Book Summary. In her study, taking a break from her work, Christine de Pizan picks up a slim volume someone has given her. Shocked by the author’s harsh and extreme portrayal of the immoral and inconstant nature of women, Christine is saddened by this state of affairs. A flash of light startles her, and ...
The Book of the City of Ladies Summary. The text opens with Christine de Pizan finding a book written by a man named Mathéolus, talking about why all women were bad. Pizan is puzzled to see that so many people believe in those lies and is curious to find about their motive. As she studies even more books, she finds that many more male writers ...
- Christine de Pizan
Publication date. circa 1405. The Book of the City of Ladies, or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, is a book written by Christine de Pizan believed to have been finished by 1405. Perhaps Pizan's most famous literary work, it is her second work of lengthy prose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to compose the book, but she often uses ...
- Joan M. Ferrante, Christine de Pizan, Jeffrey Richards
- 1983
Analysis. The Book of the City of Ladies is considered one of the earliest feminist texts, though the term "feminism" did not become operative until the 19th century. In the absence of an appropriate vocabulary, however, Christine de Pizan 's text expresses a remarkably modern viewpoint on gender, fiercely defending women at a time when they ...
- Christine de Pizan
Summary. Christine de Pizan is sitting in her study reading when her mother calls her to supper. The next day, as Christine resumes reading The Lamentations of Mathéolus, which slanders women’s ...
By the end of this book, this pattern might get a little repetitive. But many of these anecdotes are chock full of action, torture, and deception: you know, the juicy stuff. By the end of the book, Christine de Pizan has finished constructing the City of Ladies and has populated it with the greatest women from history and literature.
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Summary. The Book of the City of Ladies is divided into three parts, each with a general theme. Part 1 discusses the achievements of women of the classical pagan past in the areas of governance and leadership of their people, which provides the foundation for the city. Christine is instructed in this effort by Lady Reason.
