The Book of the City of Ladies

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

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

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.

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Erika Bachiochi

as an early example of a writer advocating for women's equal status.

Mentioned by

Margaret L. King

as a key figure in the pro-woman literary tradition.

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