The Vision of Christine de Pizan

by Christine de Pizan and Glenda McLeod

Book Overview

The last of Christine de Pizan's book-length allegories, The Vision L'Avision] was written at a time of tumult in both the history of France and Christine's own professional life. It is both a powerful contemporary response to the chaos that would eventually precipitate Henry V's invasion of France, and a fascinating view of the author's own progress as a woman reader, writer, and public commentator in the late Middle Ages. As a long-time intimate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843840588
• ISBN13: 9781843840589
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"