The Treasure of the City of Ladies is a manual of education by medieval Italian-French author Christine de Pisan. Finished, like her previous The Book of the City of Ladies, by the year 1405, and dedi
Christine de Pizan presenting The Treasure to Margaret of Burgundy
Author is kept from rest by the Three Virtues. Boston Public Library, Special Collections, MS f. Med. 101.
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Margaret of Nevers, also known as Margaret of Burgundy, was Dauphine of France and Duchess of Guyenne as the daughter-in-law of King Charles VI of France. A pawn in the dynastic struggles between her
The Treasure of the City of Ladies
…by medieval Italian-French author Christine de Pisan. Finished, like her previous The Book of the City of Ladies, by the year 1405, and dedicated to Margaret of Burgundy at a time when Christine was writing works for Margaret's father Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy, the book aims to educate women of all estates with…
19th-century depiction of the Duchess of Guyenne