The Book of the City of Ladies

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Christine de Pizan

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Mentioned as Christine's most famous work where she returns to the subject of defending women.

HoP 336 - We Built This City - Christine de Pizan

Mentioned by David Peña-Guzmán as a philosopher who viewed envy as an unpleasant sin.

Envy

Mentioned by Holly Fry and Tracy B. Wilson as a late medieval writer who wrote verse, military manuals, treatises on war and peace, and the biography of King Charles V of France.

SYMHC Classics: Christine de Pizan

Mentioned by Erika Bachiochi as an early example of a writer advocating for women's equal status.

Catholic Feminism | Erika Bachiochi

Mentioned by Margaret L. King as a key figure in the pro-woman literary tradition.

In Defense of Women with Margaret L. King

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