Dominican University of California
Paris and Patronage: Christine De Pizan and Her Writer's Market
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1431), known as the first professional female French author, was successful in becoming a professional writer because she understood the medieval manuscript business in Paris, she knew the aristocrats and royalty who might buy her works, and she knew how to market her work to her prospective patrons. As a young widowed mother in Paris, Christine built a career as an author not just to support her family but to build fame and espouse her views on the importance of education, moral conduct, personal responsibility, and women’s place in history. This study investigates the significance of the city of Paris in Christine’s career, the important events in her life, and the content of some of her diverse writings, such as The Letter of Othea, The Book of the City of Ladies, and The Book of the Body Politic, to show how she successfully marketed her work, earning her a unique position in history.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2000
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sawyer, Cynthia J.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Patricia Dougherty, OP, PhD
- Leslie Ross, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/222
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1221