Christine de Pisan: Medieval Woman Writer

History 6

CCS and LHC

Her Birth Place

• Christine de Pisan was born in Venice in 1364 and soon moved to Paris where her father worked

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Education

• Christine de Pisan was able to get a very good education as a child

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Her writings

• her most famous book is The Book of the City of Ladies

• the first picture is of her presenting a book to Queen Isabella of France

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Her Challenges

• Challenges were:• Taking care of family• Making a living• Deaths of husband and father

To find out more go to:

•<http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/ls201/christine1.html>

•<http://faculty.msmc.edu/lindeman/piz3.html>

•<http://www.worldbookonline.com>

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