Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 44895
Author(s): Christine de Pizan
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Title : Christine de Pizan on the Virtues of Toleration
Source: The Intolerant Middle Ages: A Reader.   Edited by Eugene Smelyansky .   University of Toronto Press, 2020.  Pages 180 - 187.
Year of Publication: 2020.
2. Record Number: 1080
Author(s): Green, Karen.
Contributor(s):
Title : Christine de Pisan and Thomas Hobbes [differing political philosophies and moral psychologies; Christine advocates a maternalist ethic of caring and responsibility].
Source: Hypatia's Daughters: Fifteen Hundred Years of Women Philosophers.   Edited by Linda Lopez McAlister .   Indiana University Press, 1996.  Pages 48 - 67. [originally published in Philosophical Quarterly 44 (Oct. 1994): 456-475].
Year of Publication: 1996.
3. Record Number: 11115
Author(s): Zimmerman, Margarete.
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Title : Vox femina, vox politica: The "Lamentacion sur les maux de la France" [Christine wrote this text in 1410 as civil war engulfed Paris. She rejects the mascuine values of glory and victory in war, speaking out as a woman for peace. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 113 - 127.
Year of Publication: 1992.
4. Record Number: 11110
Author(s): Willard, Charity Cannon.
Contributor(s):
Title : Christine de Pizan: From Poet to Political Commentator [The author analyzes and dates two little known works by Christine, "Livre de la prod'hommie de l'homme" and the "Livre de prudence" (which is in many respects identical to the first text). Willard suggests that the former was an early work immediately following the "Querelle de la Rose" writing and marks Christine's transition from poet to political moralist. While writing to attract the favor of princes, Christine felt duty bound to offer advice in regard to their behavior and to plead for them to aid France in its troubles. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 17 - 32.
Year of Publication: 1992.
5. Record Number: 11121
Author(s): Brabant, Margaret and Michael Brint
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Title : Identity and Difference in Christine de Pizan's "Cité des Dames" [The author explores tensions within the "Cité des dames." Christine frequently calls on universal Christian values, but she also gives voice to others, in particular women who have been marginalized. By demonstrating a mutual respect for these differences, Christine skillfully navigates between universalism and a politics of the other. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 207 - 222.
Year of Publication: 1992.
6. Record Number: 11111
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Title : Polycracy, Obligation, and Revolt: The Body Politic in John of Salisbury and Christine de Pizan
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 33 - 52.
Year of Publication: 1992.
7. Record Number: 11113
Author(s): Richards, Earl Jeffrey.
Contributor(s):
Title : French Cultural Nationalism and Christian Universalism in the Works of Christine de Pizan [The author argues that Christine identified the nationalist cause of France with the divine plan of salvation history. Differences in religion meant that the Muslim and the Jew were the irreducible Other. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 75 - 94.
Year of Publication: 1992.
8. Record Number: 11109
Author(s): Hicks, Eric.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Political Significance of Christine de Pizan [The author argues that Christine's significance lies in her role as a moralist. Hicks also cautions that Christine's importance for the present age (including issues of her "feminism") must be considered carefully to avoid anachronisms. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 7 - 15.
Year of Publication: 1992.
9. Record Number: 11108
Author(s): Elshtain, Jean Bethke.
Contributor(s):
Title : Introduction [The author briefly summarizes political themes in the works and life of Christine de Pizan including ethics, the body politic, women's status, difference, care, and authority. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992.  Pages 1 - 6.
Year of Publication: 1992.