Christine de Pisan

British  

/ krɪstin də pizɑ̃ /

noun

1. ?1364–?1430, French poet and prose writer, born in Venice. Her works include ballads, rondeaux, lays, and a biography of Charles V of France

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Example Sentences

We shall allude at this time to but two writers, Froissart, of whom we have already said something, and Christine de Pisan, both of whom were writing between 1380 and 1400.

From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Butler, Pierce

Nor, as regards individual and single names, can the century of Charles d’Orl�ans, of Alain Chartier, of Christine de Pisan, of Coquillart, of Comines, and, above all, of Villon, be said to lack illustrations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Some verses by Christine de Pisan show them to have been in vogue already in the fourteenth century.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George

Eustache Deschamps The chief authors of these pieces during the period we are discussing were Jehannot de Lescurel, Guillaume de Machault, Eustache Deschamps, Jean Froissart, Christine de Pisan, Alain Chartier, and Charles d'Orléans.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

The writer of the story, Christine de Pisan, was one of the world's many famous women, and one who, by her life and work, created an ideal for womankind—that of sweetness and strength.

From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de