Christine de Pizan
Italian-born French court writer and early feminist author
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After her husband died, she became a court writer in medieval France.[1] Her works are considered some of the earliest feminist writings.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Cristina da Pizzano
- Born
- September 1364
- Birthplace
- Venice, Republic of Venice
- Died
- 1430, 1364
- Place of death
- Poissy, Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- Writer
- Parents
- Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano
- Children
- 3
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
In 1368 she moved to Paris when her father accepted an appointment as astrologer to Charles V of France.[2] She died in 1430, believed to have spent her last years in the Dominican convent of Poissy.[3][4] Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano, a physician and court astrologer, was Christine's father.[2] The plague claimed her husband in 1389, after which she had to provide for her mother and children.[5][6]
Love ballads she composed by 1393 drew the interest of wealthy patrons.[7] She is recognized as Europe's first professional woman of letters.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kelly 1971; Adams 2017; Lloyd 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brown-Grant 1999; Redfern 1995, p. 77; Schaus 2006, p. 133 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Allen 2005, p. 654; Schaus 2006, p. 133; Allen 2005, p. 654 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schaus 2006, p. 133; Green 2010, p. 5 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Willard 1984, p. 35; Schaus 2006, p. 133; Famiglietti 2015, p. 261 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brown-Grant 1999; Willard 1984, p. 35 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Redfern 1995, p. 77 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christine de Pizan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schaus 2006, p. 133 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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