Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Tracy Adams, University of Auckland) Adams, Tracy (Professor of French

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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. By focusing on the historical context of the Armagnac-Burgundian feud at different moments and 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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Utgivningsdatum2018-03-15
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt680 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271064574

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Note on Translations and ManuscriptsAcknowledgementsPrologueChapter 1: Christine and the Armagnac-Burgundian Feud: Kingship and RegencyChapter 2: The Beginnings of the Feud and Christine’s Political Poetry, 1393-1401Chapter 3: The Point of No Return and the Political Allegories, 1401-1404Chapter 4: The Entrance of Jean of Burgundy and Reconfiguring Regency, 1405Chapter 5: Heading Toward Showdown and the Prose Treatises, 1405-1407Chapter 6: The Great Feud, After 1407EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

“This book makes a valuable contribution to Christine studies and related fields in its convincing presentation of many exhilarating ideas and approaches to familiar but underquestioned material while introducing new sources. The careful notes, bibliography, and detailed index are all attractively produced. A pleasure to read, it is highly recommended for levels ranging from undergraduates to specialists in French history and literature.”—Nadia Margolis Renaissance Quarterly