The Political Theory of Christine De Pizan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Theory of Christine De Pizan write by Kate Langdon Forhan. This book was released on 2018-02-06. The Political Theory of Christine De Pizan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. However, in the disciplines of women's studies and French literature she has inspired intellectual debate, so much that the two sides of the debate are referred to as Christinophiles and Christinoclasts. This book persents the political paradoxes of Christine de Pizan. She was a woman in a man's world, an Italian at a French court, and the daughter of a civil servant in a world structured by social class. Her corpus of political works include five works designed to educate the male ruling class, two works expressly princesses and a treatise on warfare. The goal of this book is to outline the political theory of Christine de Pizan and situate her ideas within the history of political ideas in general.
Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry
Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry write by Charity Cannon Willard. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410, has often been regarded with disdain. Many have assumed that Christine was simply copying or pilfering earlier military manuals. But, as Sumner Willard and Charity Cannon Willard show in this faithful English translation, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry contains much that is original to Christine. As a military manual it tells us a great deal about the strategy, tactics, and technology of medieval warfare and is one of our most important sources for early gunpowder weapon technology. It also includes a fascinating discussion of Just War. Since the end of the fifteenth century, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry has been available primarily through Antoine Vérard's imprint of 1488 or William Caxton's 1489 translation, The Book of the Order of Chivalry. Vérard even suggested that the work was his own translation of the Roman writer Vegetius, making no mention of Christine 's name. Caxton attributed the work to Christine, but it is impossible to identify the manuscript he used for his translation. Moreoever, both translations are inaccurate. The Willards correct these inaccuracies in a clear and easy-to-read translation, which they supplement with notes and an introduction that will greatly benefit students, scholars, and enthusiasts alike. Publication of this work should change our perception both of medieval warfare and of Christine de Pizan.
Politics, Gender, And Genre
Politics, Gender, And Genre - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politics, Gender, And Genre write by Margaret Brabant. This book was released on 2019-07-11. Politics, Gender, And Genre available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-1429) wrote more than twenty books, including poetry, defenses of women, critiques of war, Utopian visions, and general political and social commentary. This body of writing not only supported her during her lifetime but also brought her fame, patronage, and influence in high places. The revival of interest in her work is one of the major successes in the movement to recognize "lost" or overlooked women in the history of intellectual thought. Her courageous defense of women makes her, in the eyes of most, a protofeminist figure, and the depth of her feminism is one of the key issues debated in these essays by the world's leading Christine scholars. Other important topics are Christine's contribution to early humanist thought and the various ways in which her unique position sheds light on medieval politics and society. This book is a valuable contribution to medieval studies and political theory as well as to the history of feminist thought. It will be essential reading for philosophers and political scientists and for medievalists in any discipline.
The Book of Peace
The Book of Peace - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Peace write by . This book was released on 1845. The Book of Peace available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings
The Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings write by Christine De Pizan. This book was released on 2018-09-15. The Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Fresh, accurate, and engaging, this new translation of the Book of the City of Ladies helps us to understand what made Christine de Pizan so popular with her fifteenth-century contemporaries. The editors provide a rich historical and philosophical context that will be very useful to both students and scholars of the history of political ideas. The translations themselves gracefully navigate the fine line between accuracy and readability with considerable charm. Rounding out this portrait of the turmoil of fifteenth-century France, the volume is enriched by excerpts from other works, Christine's Vision, the Book of the Body Politic, and the Lamentation on France’s Ills." —Kate Forhan, Emeritus, Siena College CONTENTS:IntroductionA Note on Translating the Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan: Her works, Her TimesSuggestions for Further ReadingFrom Christine's Vision (1405)The Book of the City of Ladies (1404–1405)From The Book of the Body Politic (1404–1407)From Lamentation on France's Ills (1410)Index
