The book of gladness / le livre de Leesce
Subtitle: a 14th century defense of women, in English and French
By: by Jehan Le Fèvre ; translated, annotated and with an introduction by Linda Burke
Contributors: Burke, Linda, 1953- translator
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780786474271
Subjects: Women's rights; History; Man-woman relationships
Other titles: Livre de Leesce
Description: "This work was never translated into English; the only edition of the original French is over 100 years old. The is translation is lively and accessible, yet grounded in scholarship. Included is the first-ever English translation and discussion of a scribal interpolation on Christine de Pizan in a manuscript of Jehan Le Fèvre's Lamentations"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (o. 139-149) and index.