Of reading about the weaknesses of women in texts that claim to be pro-woman. As an author, Christine creates a complex allegory/conceit in which she, as the character Christine, becomes tired Le Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V, Le Livre du corps de policie, and Le Livre de la paix, all of which fall into the mirrors of princes genre.Īn example of her leadership appreciation is The Book of the City of Ladies, which she completed circa 1405. Not only demonstrates that Christine had a different opportunity to lead than many other women in her time, but her literary output also shows that she appreciated leadership behaviors. The works created by the scribes and artists she employed have a consistent style that created her brand. She was a business woman, as well as a writer, running a scriptorium that produced these luxury manuscripts.
Harley 4431) shows her presenting it to Isabeau of Bavaria, the Queen of France. She created elaborate bespoke manuscripts of her work for such famous patrons as Louis I, theĭuke of Orleans, Philip the Bold, John the Duke of Berry, the Duke of Burgundy, and his son, John the Fearless. She is purported to be the first woman in Western Europe to earn her living as a writer and a publisher. After the deaths of her father – a physician and court astrologer to Charles V of France – and her husband – a secretary to the kind – she needed to support her
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