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Book of the body politic

Title
Book of the body politic / Christine de Pizan ; edited and translated by Angus J. Kennedy.
Author
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431
Publication
  • New York; Toronto : Iter Press, 2021.
  • © 2021

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Additional Authors
Kennedy, Angus J.
Description
x, 214 pages : genealogical table; 23 cm.
Summary
"Christine de Pizan's Body Politic (1406-1407) is the first political treatise to have been written not just by a woman, but by a woman capable of holding her own in a normally male domain. It advises not just the prince, as was traditional, but also nobles, knights, and the common people, promoting the ideals of interdependence and social responsibility. Rooted in the mind-set of medieval Christendom, it heralds the humanism of the Renaissance, highlighting classical culture and Roman civic virtues. The Body Politic resounds still today, urging the need for probity in public life and the importance of responsibilities as well as rights"--
Series Statement
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series ; 86
Uniform Title
  • Livre du corps de policie. English
  • Other voice in early modern Europe. Toronto series ; 86.
Alternative Title
Livre du corps de policie.
Subject
  • Education of princes > Early works to 1800
  • Monarchy > Early works to 1800
  • Education of princes
  • Monarchy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Christine de Pizan and The Other Voice -- Christine's Life and Works -- Manuscripts and Date of Composition -- Analysis of the Text -- Historical Context -- The Sources and Their Integration -- Afterlife -- Note on the Translation -- Book of the Body Politic -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3 -- Concordance -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts -- Catalogues -- Dictionaries -- Bibliographies -- Texts A: Christine de Pizan -- Texts B: Other Texts -- Critical Studies -- Annotated Index of Proper Names and Titles.
ISBN
  • 9781649590510
  • 1649590512
  • 9781649590527 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781649590534 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2021028594
OCLC
1260690857
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library