Christine de Pizan and the fight for France:

"Evaluates Christine de Pizan's literary engagement with fifteenth-century French politics. Locates the writer's works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, the two largest political factions"--Provided by pub...

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Main Author: Adams, Tracy 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park Penn State Univ. Press 2014
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Evaluates Christine de Pizan's literary engagement with fifteenth-century French politics. Locates the writer's works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, the two largest political factions"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Christine and the Armagnac-Burgundian feud: regency and kingship -- The beginnings of the feud and Christine's political poetry, 1393-1401 -- The point of no return and the political allegories, 1401-1404 -- Jean of Burgundy and reconfiguring regency, 1405 -- Heading toward showdown and the prose treatises, 1405-1407 -- The great feud, after 1407
Physical Description:xi, 220 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9780271064574
9780271050713

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