Book of the Body Politic
Christine de Pizan was born in Venice and raised in Paris at the court of Charles V of France. Widowed at the age of twenty-five, she turned to writing as a source of comfort and income, and went on to produce a remarkable series of books, including poetry, politics, chivalry, warfare, religion and philosophy. She is considered to be France's first female professional writer. This was the first translation into modern English of Christine de Pizan's major political work, The Book of the Body Politic. Written during the Hundred Years' War, it discusses the education and behaviour appropriate for princes, nobility and common people, so that all…
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- ISBN: 978-1-316-04166-6
- EAN: 9781316041666
- Produktnummer: 19566455
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 8'055 KB
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