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Christine de Pizan

Type Figure Region France Time 1364–1430 Also known as Christine de Pizan、Christine de Pisan、克莉丝汀·德·皮桑

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364–1430) was one of the most important women writers of the late French Middle Ages, born in Venice and raised at the Paris …

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  1. 1364–1389Paris · Île-de-FranceHer father Tommaso da Pizan was physician to Charles V; Christine received a good education in Paris, mastering Latin and classical culture, laying the foundation for her later writing.
  2. 1390–1410Paris · FranceAfter her husband's death she supported herself by transcribing and writing, completing a rebuttal of the Romance of the Rose, the City of Ladies, and numerous court panegyrics, becoming the first woman in France to earn a living by writing and gain wide renown.
  3. 1410–1430Paris · FranceAmid the turmoil of the Hundred Years' War she wrote political admonitions and historical works for Burgundy and the French crown, including the Biography of Charles V and the Othea, laying down her pen around 1430, the year of her death.

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