Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9882
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Reno , Christine M.
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  • Title: Christine de Pizan: "At Best a Contradictory Figure"? [Reno reacts to Sheila Delany's criticisms of Christine in regard to de Pizan's political views, attitude to the poor, partiality to her noble patrons, lack of feminism, and prudishness toward the "Roman de la rose." 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 171 - 191.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Christine de Pizan, Poet Conservativism Delany, Sheila, Literary Historian Feminist Theory Politics
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: Vassar College
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0813384265