Christine de Pizan

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Christine de Pizan was a pioneering late medieval French writer and early feminist thinker known for her defenses of women and influential works such as "The Book of the City of Ladies."

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Christine de Pizan canonical 7

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instanceOf early feminist thinker ⓘ
medieval author ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYears early 15th century ⓘ
late 14th century ⓘ
birthName Cristina da Pizzano ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
countryOfBirth Republic of Venice ⓘ
countryOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1364 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 1430 ⓘ
employer French royal court ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
father Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano ⓘ
fatherOccupation astrologer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
biography ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
hasRole professional author supporting her family ⓘ
knownFor critique of misogyny in medieval literature ⓘ
defense of women ⓘ
one of the first women in Europe to earn a living by writing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Middle French ⓘ
maritalStatus widow ⓘ
movement early humanism ⓘ
pro-woman writing tradition ⓘ
name Christine de Pizan ⓘ
notableWork Le Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V ⓘ
L’Épistre Othéa ⓘ
L’Épistre au Dieu d’Amours ⓘ
The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry ⓘ
The Book of the City of Ladies ⓘ
The Book of the Path of Long Study ⓘ
The Book of the Three Virtues ⓘ
The Treasure of the City of Ladies ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
court writer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Venice ⓘ
placeOfDeath Poissy ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
spouse Étienne du Castel ⓘ
workedFor Charles V of France ⓘ
Charles VI of France ⓘ

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De mulieribus claris → influenced → Christine de Pizan ⓘ
Letter of Cupid → basedOnAuthor → Christine de Pizan ⓘ
Christine de Pizan → name → Christine de Pizan ⓘ
Roman de la Rose → criticizedBy → Christine de Pizan ⓘ
Epistre au dieu d’Amours → author → Christine de Pizan ⓘ
Epistre au dieu d’Amours → writtenBy → Christine de Pizan ⓘ
Guillaume de Machaut → influenced → Christine de Pizan ⓘ