De tous les ecrivains du Moyen Age, Christine de Pizan est celui dont le plus grand nombre de manuscrits originaux sont conserves, certains autographes, les autres realises sous sa direction…

Evaluates Christine de Pizan’s literary engagement with fifteenth-century French politics. Locates the writer’s works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between the Burgundians and the…

This title was first published in 2002: Christine de Pizan held no political office and her work was not influencial on any political theorist living today.

Composed in 1410, as France is on the brink of civil war, the Livre des fais d'armes et de chevalerie gathers, within a single text, both classical and more recent…

The daughter of a court intellectual, Christine de Pizan dwelled within the heart of late-medieval Paris. In the face of personal tragedy, she learned the tools of the booktrade, writing…

This translation shows that The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry contains much that is original to the author. As a military manual it provides details about the…

The first professional female writer, Christine de Pizan (1363-1431) was widowed at age twenty-five and supported herself and her family by enlisting powerful patrons for her poetry. Her Livre de…

Originally published in 1984, the three epistolary works of Christine de Pizan, alongside their translation. They are all personal documents from a woman who gave spiritual advice as well as…