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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Summary |
"Evaluates Christine de Pizan's literary engagement with fifteenth-century French politics. Locates the writer's works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dispute between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, the two largest political factions"--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Christine and the Armagnac-Burgundian feud: regency and kingship -- The beginnings of the feud and Christine's political poetry, 1393-1401 -- The point of no return and the political allegories, 1401-1404 -- Jean of Burgundy and reconfiguring regency, 1405 -- Heading toward showdown and the prose treatises, 1405-1407 -- The great feud, after 1407. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431 -- Political and social views.
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Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. |
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Political and social views. |
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Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Politics and literature -- France -- History -- To 1500.
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Politics and literature. |
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France. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Political poetry, French -- History and criticism.
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Political poetry, French. |
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France -- History -- Charles VI, 1380-1422.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780271050713 0271050713 (DLC) 2014017173 |
ISBN |
0271065753 electronic book |
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9780271065755 electronic book |
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9780271050713 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0271050713 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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