This aims to educate women of all estates, the latter telling women who have husbands: "If she wants to act prudently and have the praise of both the world and her husband, she will be cheerful to him all the time". Ĭhristine de Pizan also finished by 1405 The Treasure of the City of Ladies ( Le tresor de la cité des dames de degré en degré, also known The Book of the Three Virtues), a manual of education, dedicated to Princess Margaret of Burgundy. She also advocates in favour of education for women.
Each woman introduced to the city adds to Pizan's argument towards women as valued participants in society. As Pizan builds her city, she uses each famous woman as a building block for not only the walls and houses of the city, but also as building blocks for her thesis. These women are "housed" in the City of Ladies, which is actually the book. She defends women by collecting a wide array of famous women throughout history. Pizan combats Meun's statements about women by creating an allegorical city of ladies. The book serves as her formal response to Jean de Meun's popular Roman de la Rose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to compose the book, but she often uses Latin-style syntax and conventions within her French prose. The Book of the City of Ladies or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames (finished by 1405), is perhaps Christine de Pizan's most famous literary work, and it is her second work of lengthy prose. Illustration from The Book of the City of Ladies
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