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Christine de Pizan was a renowned French author, considered one of the most outstanding female writers of the Middle Ages. Born in 1364 and died in 1430, her works covered various fields, including philosophy, history, and literature.

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Famous Christine de Pizan Quotes

“If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences, they would learn as thoroughly and understand the subtleties of all the arts and sciences as well as sons.”

Ifs Men Mind Wells Art Body Happens Able School Science Natural Chance Education Taught Son Daughter Tasks Touched Delicate Subtlety Art And Science Natural Science

Author:Christine de Pizan

“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”

Men Body Understanding Women Women's Bodies

Author:Christine de Pizan

“There Adam slept, and God formed the body of woman from one of his ribs, signifying that she should stand at his side as a companion and never lie at his feet like a slave, and also that he should love her as his own flesh.”

Should Body Lying Sides Feet Slave Flesh Companion Adam Ribs Never Lie Signifying

Book:The Book of the City of Ladies

Source: The Book of the City of Ladies

“The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtues.”

Source: The Book of the City of Ladies

“I considered myself most unfortunate because God had made me inhabit a female body in this world”

World Made Body This World Female Unfortunate Female Body

Book:The Book of the City of Ladies

Source: The Book of the City of Ladies

About the Author

Born: 1364
Died: 1430
Known for: Author
Quotes: 54

Books & Sources

The Book of the City of LadiesRelated source material

The Selected Writings of Christine de PizanRelated source material

Ditié de Jehanne d'ArcRelated source material

The Book of the Mutability of Fortune (Volume 52)Related source material

Le Débat Sur Le Roman De La RoseRelated source material

Der Sendbrief vom Liebesgott / The Letter of the God of LoveRelated source material

The Treasure of the City of LadiesRelated source material

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