UID:
almahu_9947414183502882
Format:
1 online resource (xli, 113 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511816673 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Uniform Title:
Livre du corps de policie.
Content:
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 classes can understand their responsibilities towards society as a whole. A product of a time of civil unrest, The Book of the Body Politic offers a medieval political theory of interdependence and social responsibility from the perspective of an educated woman.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521410502
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816673
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