Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Leah Flenniken discuss medieval proto-feminist Christine de Pizan’s Book of the City of Ladies.
Knowing
An introduction to Christine de Pizan and her works
How we encountered Christine de Pizan
Reading
Structure of The Book of the City of Ladies
What still feels fresh about it
Medieval elements
Approaches to biblical women in the opening chapters
Ways of imagining the divine
Passing On
Amanda H. Littauer, Bad Girls: Young Women, Sex, and Rebellion before the Sixties
Marguerite Porete, Mirror of Simple Souls
Christine de Pizan, Othea’s Letter to Hector
Image: British Library, Harley 4431, f.259v | Wikimedia
