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  • Record Number: 45746
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Christine de Pizan and Angus J. Kennedy
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  • Title: Book of the Body Politic
  • Source: Book of the Body Politic.Angus J. Kennedy, translator  Edited by Angus J. Kennedy.  Iter Press, 2021.  Pages 55 - 149.
  • Description: Christine de Pizan's Book of the Body Politic (1406-1407) is the first political treatise to have been written not just by a woman, but by a woman capable of holding her own in a normally male domain. It advises not just the prince, as was traditional, but also nobles, knights, and the common people, promoting the ideals of interdependence and social responsibility. Rooted in the mind-set of medieval Christendom, it heralds the humanism of the Renaissance, highlighting classical culture and Roman civic virtues. The Book of the Body Politic resounds still today, urging the need for probity in public life and the importance of responsibilities as well as rights.— [Reproduced from the publisher's website: https://www.itergateway.org/resources/Book-of-the-Body-Politic]
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Body Politic Christine de Pizan, Poet- Livre du Corps de Policie Politics
  • Award Note: Feminae Translation of the Month, October 2022
  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Glasgow [Emeritus Professor]
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  • Year of Publication: 2021.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781649590510 (hbk); 9781649590527 (ebk)