CHRISTINE DE PISAN


Meaning of CHRISTINE DE PISAN in English

or Christine de Pizan

born 1364, Venice

died с 1430

French writer.

She was the daughter of an astrologer to Charles V and the wife of a court secretary and took up writing to support her children when she was widowed, producing 10 volumes of graceful verse, including ballads, rondeaux, lays, and complaints, many in the courtly-love tradition. Some works, both poetry and prose, champion women, notably The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). She also wrote a life of Charles V and Le Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc (1429), inspired by Joan of Arc 's early victories.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.