The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics)
Christine Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies is a powerful medieval defense of women and their achievements. Through allegory and learned argument, Pizan challenges inherited prejudices and creates a lasting vision of intellectual, moral, and cultural recognition for women.
About This Book
The Book of the City of Ladies is a major work by Christine Pizan, one of the most important writers of medieval Europe.
Written as an allegorical defense of women, the book responds to negative portrayals of women in earlier literature and intellectual traditions.
Its central city becomes a symbolic space for honoring women’s virtue, intelligence, accomplishments, and contributions to society.
This Penguin Classics edition presents a significant text in the history of literature, gender studies, and early feminist thought.
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