![]() ![]() While she was still establishing herself as a writer, de Pisan also transcribed and illustrated other authors’ works. ![]() After receiving attention from patrons in the court for her poetry and love ballads dedicated to her husband, she decided that rather than remarry she would support her three children and newly widowed mother through her writing. When he died in 1390, de Pisan was only in her early twenties. He was an unusual husband for the time in that he supported her educational and writing endeavors. In 1380, de Pisan married Etienne du Castel, a nobleman from Picardy. Although her educational upbringing is unclear, through her father’s court appointment, she did have access to a variety of exceptional libraries. De Pisan became the first woman in France, and possibly Europe, to earn a living solely by writing.ĭe Pisan was raised at court in Paris with her father, Thomas de Pisan, the astrologer and secretary to King Charles V of France. Her works, considered to be some of the earliest feminist writings, include poetry, novels, biography, and autobiography, as well as literary, political, and religious commentary. Christine de Pisan (Christine de Pizan) was a medieval writer and historiographer who advocated for women’s equality. ![]()
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