![]() ![]() Women were allowed to hold positions of status, but this was often indicated by the way they dressed. In showing the messages embedded in the pictures, the author shows that during the Renaissance status was depicted in highly visual ways. While much attention has been given to her written words, this book studies the pictures in her texts. This new focus includes artists of Christine’s own choosing to those illustrating The City and The Treasure after her death throughout the peak of the two works’ popularity. ![]() This book fills a gap in the scholarship by shifting the attention from their literary content to the imagery chosen to illustrate these two pioneering books on women and their worth. Her work has received enormous scholarly attention as their subject is nothing less than the history and education of women. Christine de Pizan was one of the few authors of late medieval France involved with all aspects of her manuscripts’ production. ![]()
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