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Mentioned in 3 episodes

The Book of the City of Ladies

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Author

Christine de Pizan

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Mentioned in 3 episodes

Mentioned for the 1405 book that named Sappho as the subject.

SYMHC Classics: Sappho

Mentioned by

Sabrina Ebbersmeyer

as a book by Christine de Pizan, whose ideas amazed her students.

Season 5, Episode 2: Women and the 'Ingenium Philosophicum': Interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer

Mentioned as Christine's most famous work where she returns to the subject of defending women.

HoP 336 - We Built This City - Christine de Pizan

Mentioned by David Peña-Guzmán as a philosopher who viewed envy as an unpleasant sin.

Envy

Mentioned by

Holly Fry

and

Tracy B. Wilson

as a late medieval writer who wrote verse, military manuals, treatises on war and peace, and the biography of King Charles V of France.

SYMHC Classics: Christine de Pizan

Mentioned by

Erika Bachiochi

as an early example of a writer advocating for women's equal status.

Catholic Feminism | Erika Bachiochi

Mentioned by

Bronwen McShea

as Christine de Pizan's most famous book, completed around 1405.

Catholic Women in the Arts & Sciences: An Underappreciated Tradition – Dr. Bronwen McShea

Mentioned by

Margaret L. King

as a key figure in the pro-woman literary tradition.

In Defense of Women with Margaret L. King

Mentioned by

Alison Gingeras

as the origin of the phrase "the woman question" and a starting point for feminism.

Do We Still Need All-Woman Art Shows?

Mentioned by

Tracy B. Wilson

as having similarities to Anna Maria von Sherman's work, chronicling learned women through history and mythology.

Behind the Scenes Minis: Learned Women and Sharkey

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