Book Of The City Of Ladies Analysis

Christine de Pisan was a French author and poetess, born in Venice in 1364. She started writing after her husband's death and having to provide for herself and three children. (Encyc. Britannica) In The Book of the City of the Ladies she writes about high morals of women and that they deserve a better representation that many men portray them. In excerpt one, de Pisan writes that one day she way setting down reading books and being tired from the heavy content of the books she was reading, she decided to pick up a new book that was giving to her by somebody else. The book was written by Matheolus, she started reading but was called away. The next morning she came back to the book and as she started reading, she noted that the style in which the book was written did not appeal to her. The
In excerpt three, de Pisan writes about women going more good than bad. Taking in account the sins of women, there are much more greater things that they did for people. In excerpt four, de Pisan writes about men thinking that educating women would ruin society. She writes that men can be wrong at times, and are wrong on the matter of women's education. Educating makes a person better. In excerpt five, de Pisan writes about a laws professor, who lived not long ago, whose daughter was educated in law and would lecture his students whenever he was unavailable. she was loved and admired by her father. In excerpt six, de Pisan writes that not all men are of the opinion that education is bad for women, however, many men are afraid of educated women. Such men do not want a women to appear superior to them. No one can stop a person's passion for learning and science, or whatever else one may be inclined towards. If you do what you love, you cannot say that it is less important than what someone else