Christine de Pizan | Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orléans
"The Poem of Joan of Arc" is dated July 31, 1429, and was the first poem to honor the historic Jeanne d’Arc. Several legends attributed...
Susan Stoderl
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer’s Life and Learning
One characteristic of Christine de Pizan’s writing is the number of autobiographi-cal details she included in all of her various genres...
Susan Stoderl
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) | First Paid Woman Writer
Many years ago, I discovered the medieval writer Christine de Pizan (also spelled Pisan) (1364-1430) when doing research for an opera...
Susan Stoderl
Mar 7, 20232 min read