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<p>202.213.90.136: </p> <hr /> <div>relletoricr<br /> '''Christine de Pisan''' (sometimes spelled Christine de Pizan) was a French poet and writer, best known in English for her ''[[The Book of the City of Ladies]]'', a defense of women's nobility of spirit and need for education. Much of her writing was dedicated to rebutting contemporary misogyny in the literary establishment. <br /> <br /> She also wrote <br /> * ''Le Livre des trois vertus'' (1405, &quot;Book of Three Virtues&quot;) setting out a series of moral guidelines for medieval women; <br /> * ''L'Epistre au Dieu d'amours'' (1399, a letter to the god of love) a defense of women against Jean de Meun's satire in ''Roman de la Rose''; <br /> * ''Le Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc'' (1429) - Perhaps the only literary work about Jeanne d'Arc written during her life.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:De Pisan, Christine}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Poets]]<br /> [[Category:1364 births]]<br /> [[Category:1430 deaths]]<br /> {{stub}}</div>

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