Christine de Pizan
Autore di La città delle dame
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Christine de Pizan lecturing men. http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2010/endnotes/an-educated-lady.html
Opere di Christine de Pizan
Christine De Pizan's Letter of Othea to Hector: Translated With Introduction, Notes, and Interpretative Essay (The… (1970) 22 copie
Le livre de la Cité des Dames 4 copie
La rosa y el principe / The Rose and the Prince (Clasicos Medievales / Medieval Classics) (Spanish Edition) (2005) 3 copie
O Espelho de Cristina Livro 1 1 copia
L'oroyson nostre dame 1 copia
Žene i filozofija 1 copia
"The God of Love’s Letter" and "The Tale of the Rose": A Bilingual Edition. With Jean Gerson, “A Poem on Man and… (2021) 1 copia
de Pisan, Christine Archive 1 copia
Opere correlate
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Collaboratore — 201 copie
The Defiant Muse: French Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology (French and English… (1986) — Collaboratore — 26 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Pisan, Christine de
Pizan, Christine de - Data di nascita
- 1365
- Data di morte
- 1431
- Sesso
- female
- NazionalitÃ
- Republic of Venice (birth)
France - Nazione (per mappa)
- France
- Luogo di nascita
- Venice, Italy
- Luogo di morte
- Poissy, France
- Luogo di residenza
- Venice, Italy (birth)
Paris, France - Attività lavorative
- poet
composer
biographer - Relazioni
- Castel, Jean (son)
- Breve biografia
- Christine de Pizan was born in the Republic of Venice, in present-day Italy. Her father Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano was a scholar, physician, and astrologer who encouraged her education. Her mother's name is unknown, but it is believed that she came from an aristocratic family. When Christine was four years old, the family moved to Paris, France, where her father was appointed court astrologer to King Charles V.
She was drawn to literature at an early age, but this was discouraged by her mother, who wanted her to concentrate on so-called women's work, such as spinning cloth and other domestic chores. In 1378, at about age 15, she was married to the French court secretary, Etienne du Castel, with whom she had three children. Ten years later, her father and then her husband died suddenly, leaving debts, and Christine had sole responsibility for the care of three children, her niece, and her mother.
She began writing poetry to make herself feel better, but eventually became the first female professional writer of the Middle Ages. She was able to win the support of wealthy and noble patrons who enjoyed her poems, ballads, and prose, and also gave her commissions.
In her work, she was unusually outspoken in her belief that women were the equals of men in every regard and should be given the same rights, opportunities, and respect. Her most important work, La cité des dames (The Book of the City of Ladies, 1405) was written to combat the sexist attitudes and negative stereotypes about women in her era. Although medieval women were not supposed to express their ideas or be independent, Christine de Pizan managed to do both successfully.
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- Opere
- 45
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 2,962
- PopolaritÃ
- #8,615
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 25
- ISBN
- 119
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 6