The Political Theory of Christine de Pizan

by Kate Langdon Forhan

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754601730
• ISBN13: 9780754601739
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.