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The Treasure of the City of Ladies

Name: The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Author: Christine de Pizan

Christine de PizanOriginal title Le tresor de la cité des dames de degré en degré (French)

The Treasure of the City of Ladies is a manual of education by medieval Italian-French author Christine de Pisan. Finished, like her previous Book of the City of Ladies, by the year 1405, and dedicated to Margaret of Burgundy at a time when Christine was writing works for Margaret's father Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy, the book aims to educate women of all estates with advice on various topics. Her Book and Treasure are two of her best-known works, mainly due to the study of these books in modern academia.

“Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and ugliness that lies in ignorance, how well you are advised to not complain of the pain and labor of learning.”

Christine de Pizan book The Treasure of the City of Ladies

Source: The Treasure of the City of Ladies