Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-198 ) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Chapter review -- The life of Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) -- The making of a fifteenth-century feminist -- The paths of wisdom. The current feminist-theological conversation on God language -- Who is Wisdom and where can she be found?Proverbs ; Baruch ; Sirach (Ecclesiaticus) ; Wisdom of Solomon -- Wisdom/ Sophia/ Sapientia in the late medieval world. Henry Suso ; Hildegard of Bingen ; Hugh of St. Victor ; Jean de Muen ; Jean Gersoon -- L'Epistre Othéa la Deesse : The letter of Othéa the Goddess. L'epistre au Dieu d'Amour as background to L'Epistre Othéa -- The allegorical-exegetical format of L'Epistre Othéa -- The multilayered meaning of Othéa -- Othéa: a wisdom aretalogy from Wisdom of Solomon 8: 8-10, 15 -- Manifestations of the idea of wisdom -- Mythical women and Christian doctrine -- Mythical women and authoritative advice -- Conclusion -- L'Advision Cristine : Christine's Vision. Recent scholarly opinion on the genre and purpose of L'Advision -- Part 1 of L'advision Cristine. The lament of Libera ; Christine and Sainte Sapience Divine as Antigraphe/Antigraffe -- Part 2 of L'Advision Cristine : The challenge of Dame Opinion -- Part 3 of L'Advision Cristine. The appearance of Tres Glorieuse Sapience ; Earthly versus heavenly rewards ; Human participation in the divine ; True Felicité : the Trinity and divine wisdom ; God, Who is you, and you, who are He ; Knowing wisdom : the way one wishes to inquire ; The all-encompassing nature of wisdom -- Conclusion : "the more pleasing the more one gazes upon it" -- Le Livre de la Cité des dames : The book of the city of ladies. Part 1 of the Cité des dames. Christine's lament ; The appearance of biblical wisdom as the Deesses de Gloire ; Building the case -- Part 2 of the Cité des dames -- Part 3 of the Cité des dames -- Conclusion -- Conclusion. The journey of biblical wisdom in Christine's writings ; Christine and the biblical Book of the Wisdom of Solomon -- Sapience as deity? -- Sapience as divine confirmation of female and male ontological equivalence -- Appendix : chronological list of Christine de Pizan's writings.
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