Medieval queens led richly complex lives and were highly visible women active in a man's
world. Linked to kings by marriage, family, and property, queens were vital to the institution …

This ground-breaking book surveys the history of women's political thought in Europe from
the late medieval period to the early modern era. The authors examine women's ideas about …

The creation of the first philosophical compendium on Mary Wollstonecraft's sources,
contexts, writing, interlocutors, and enduring relevance was a massive undertaking made …

Christine de Pizan's economic thought matured and developed over the fourteen years of
her career, during which she turned from allegory, poetry, and the citation of authorities …

A late-fifteenth-century manuscript that illustrates the entry into Brussels of Joanna of Castile
(1479–1555), later called Joanna the Mad, allows us to glimpse the surprising variety of …

This paper analyses Christine de Pizan's inclusion and decoration of the Livre du chemin de
lonc estude (Book of the Path of Long Study) in her masterpiece, the Queen's Manuscript …

In this paper I will briefly examine four key intellectual differences between Jean Gerson and
Christine de Pizan which attest to their ongoing dialogue: first, Gerson's position that all …

Christine de Pizan, one of the earliest known women authors, wrote the Livre de paix (Book
of Peace) between 1412 and 1414, a period of severe corruption and civil unrest in her …

From its inception, philosophy has represented itself as a dialogue, or conversation, among
those who are lovers of wisdom. It has also been largely a conversation among men …

Since the late twentieth century, scholars have studied Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430)—
an Italian-born French author who wrote over twenty known works in her lifetime—because …