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The Book of Peace

By Christine de Pizan
Buch | Softcover
360 Seiten
2008
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-03397-6 (ISBN)
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An English translation of The Book of Peace, written between 1412 and 1414 by Christine de Pizan, one of the earliest known women authors. Translated material is side by side with the original French text.
Christine de Pizan, one of the earliest known women authors, wrote the Livre de paix (Book of Peace) between 1412 and 1414, a period of severe corruption and civil unrest in her native France. The book offered Pizan a platform from which to expound her views on contemporary politics and to put forth a strict moral code to which she believed all governments should aspire. The text’s intended recipient was the dauphin, Louis of Guyenne; Christine felt that Louis had the political and social influence to fill a void left by years of incompetent leadership. Drawing in equal parts from the Bible and from classical ethical theory, the Livre de paix was revolutionary in its timing, viewpoint, and content.

This volume, edited by Karen Green, Constant J. Mews, and Janice Pinder, boasts the first full English translation of Pizan’s work along with the original French text. The editors also place the Livre de paix in historical context, provide a brief biography of Pizan, and offer insight into the translation process.

Karen Green is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Monash University. Constant J. Mews is Professor of History at the School of Historical Studies at Monash University. Janice Pinder is Research Associate at the School of Historical Studies at Monash University.

Contents



Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations



Introduction

Karen Green

Sources of Le Livre de paix

Constant J. Mews

Description of the Manuscripts

Tania van Hemelryck

Note on the Text

Janice Pinder



The Book of Peace

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3



Le Livre de paix

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3



Appendix: Table of Sources

Bibliography

Index

Reihe/Serie Penn State Romance Studies
Verlagsort Pennsylvania
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 594 g
Themenwelt Literatur Essays / Feuilleton
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10 0-271-03397-5 / 0271033975
ISBN-13 978-0-271-03397-6 / 9780271033976
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