Early French humanism · moral and political philosophy · c. 1364 – c. 1430
Christine de Pizan
Answer the authorities with reason, history and experience.
Venice · Paris · Poissy
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
Building the city
Follow how Reason, Rectitude and Justice turn examples of women into an argument against learned misogyny.
The Book of the City of LadiesPrudence for every estate
Compare the counsel given to princesses, estate managers, townswomen and poor women in the Book of the Three Virtues.
The Book of the Three VirtuesThe head and the members
Examine how the Book of the Body Politic binds prince, nobles and people through reciprocal duties.
The Book of the Body Politic