{"title":"Books by Christine de Pizan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780140449501","title":"The Treasure of the City of Ladies","description":"\u003cb\u003eAdvice and guidance for women of all ages, from Europe's first professional woman writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Europe’s first professional woman writer,\u003ci\u003e The Treasure of the City of Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. It paints an intricate picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a fascinating glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Christine de Pizan’s book provides a valuable counterbalance to male accounts of life in the middle ages and demonstrates, often with dry humour, how a woman’s position in society could be made less precarious by following the correct etiquette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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While numerous manuscripts were held in royal and aristocratic libraries, Anslay’s printed translation enabled a broader range of readers to appreciate the arguments for female rule crucial to the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I. Anslay’s translation also played a key role in the late-nineteenth-century revival of interest in Christine. This modernization of Anslay’s Tudor English makes his translation accessible to contemporary readers while preserving the rhythms of early Tudor prose. It includes an extensive introduction and notes highlighting both the history of the language and the cultural references embodied in the text.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368114205045,"sku":"9781649591166","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781649591166_03480be0-5bab-4372-a048-47c244141d86.jpg?v=1786024585"},{"product_id":"book-of-the-city-of-ladies-and-other-writings","title":"The Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eFresh, accurate, and engaging\u003c\/b\u003e, this new translation of the \u003ci\u003eBook of the City of Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e helps us to understand what made Christine de Pizan so popular with her fifteenth-century contemporaries. The editors provide a rich historical and philosophical context that will be very useful to both students and scholars of the history of political ideas. The translations themselves gracefully navigate the fine line between accuracy and readability with considerable charm. Rounding out this portrait of the turmoil of fifteenth-century France, the volume is enriched by excerpts from other works, Christine's Vision, the Book of the Body Politic, and the Lamentation on France’s Ills.\" —Kate Forhan, Emeritus, Siena College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Translating the \u003ci\u003eBook of the City of Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristine de Pizan: Her works, Her Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Christine's Vision (1405)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Book of the City of Ladies (1404–1405)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Book of the Body Politic (1404–1407)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Lamentation on France's Ills (1410)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57484304384373,"sku":"9781624667299","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57688208146805,"sku":"9781624667305","price":48.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781624667299_31330a71-2576-419a-9aeb-20c3a7f64c52.jpg?v=1792686134"},{"product_id":"a-lover-and-his-lady","title":"A Lover and His Lady","description":"The first English translation of Christine de Pizan’s Cent ballades d’amant et de dame and Lai mortel, presented here by an award-winning translator.   Christine de Pizan’s A Lover and His Lady: One Hundred Ballades and the appended “Lady’s Lay” extend her celebrated defense of women with a pointed critique of the conventions of fin’amors (today called “courtly love”). These translations, paired side by side with new editions of the original texts, create verse equivalents for the medieval fixed forms, allowing contemporary readers to experience the musicality as well as the literal meaning of Christine’s poetry. The volume includes an introduction and extensive notes on the writers who influenced Christine and those she influenced in her turn.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57680278389109,"sku":"9781649591586","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-christine-de-pizan.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}