
The Book of the Body Politic
Christine De Pizan(Author)
Kate Langdon Forhan(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 15. September 1994
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Hardback
157 pages
978-0-521-41050-2 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-41050-2 (9780521410502)
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Introduction; Note on the text; Principal events in Christine de Pizan's life; Bibliography; The Book of the Body Politic; Part 1. On Princes: Part 2. On Nobles and Knights: Part 3. On the Common People: Glossary.