The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics) by Christine de Pizan Summary and Reviews
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Book Review: Christine de Pizan Le tresor des dames-The treasure of women
Summary: 5 Stars
In Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies there is a very passsion in the style that she wrote in. Although for some it may not be the clearist book to read Christine shows herself and her writing to not olny to be magnificent but it shows that in an era where most women were in the shadow of men she became one of the most learned ladies of her time and even now in the year 2000 her works are sill being published. This book is for the people who enjoy midevil/rennasance writing or just want to see the views of the world from a wonderfully bright woman who in this book remarks about the other learned women of her time. Don't think this book to be out dated though, even now 600 hundred years later her work is far from being un-understandable and boaring. I also highly suggest looking into The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan or even a biography about her amazing life.
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