Debate of the Romance of the Rose

by Christine de Pizan

In 1401, Christine de Pizan (1365-1430?), one of the most renowned and prolific woman writers of the Middle Ages, wrote a letter to the provost of Lille criticizing the highly popular and widely read Romance of the Rose for its blatant and unwarranted misogynistic depictions of women. The debate that ensued, over not only the merits of the treatise but also of the place of women in society, started Europe on the long path to gender parity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226670139
• ISBN13: 9780226670133
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"