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Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France (Paperback)
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Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France (Paperback)
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In Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France, Tracy Adams offers
a reevaluation of Christine de Pizan's literary engagement with
contemporary politics. Adams locates Christine's works within a
detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between
the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, the two largest political
factions in fifteenth-century France. Contrary to what many
scholars have long believed, Christine consistently supported the
Armagnac faction throughout her literary career and maintained
strong ties to Louis of Orleans and Isabeau of Bavaria. Adams
claims that Christine's writings not only voiced support for Louis
and Isabeau in opposition to John of Burgundy, but also contributed
to defining kingship and creating authority in France's turbulent
political climate. In addition, Christine promoted, defended, and
profoundly affected the nature of female regency as it developed in
France from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries.
Alternating between chapters focusing on the historical context of
the Armagnac-Burgundian feud at different moments and chapters
offering close readings of Christine's poetry and prose, Adams
shows the ways in which the writer was closely engaged with and
influenced the volatile politics of her time.
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