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Article: Christine de Pizan: A Casebook.(Book Review)
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- Medium Aevum
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- March 22, 2005
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Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, ed. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady, Routledge Medieval Casebooks (New York and London: Routledge, 2003). xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 0-415-93909-7. 65.00 [pounds sterling].
The fifteen essays in this volume aim collectively to provide an overview of the present state of Christine studies and point the way for further work. The first four explore how Christine engaged with the historical and cultural issues of her day. Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski traces the development throughout her writings of her reaction to the wars against England, the Great Schism, and civil strife. Lori J. Wakers points to Christine's awareness that her ...