Title: Le sage roi et la clergesse
Description: While the Hundred Years War rages and the illness of Charles VI destabilized the kingdom of France, Christine de Pisan served as a court writer. A self-taught woman, Christine composed mainly poems and ballads using literary techniques such as compilation, allegory, exempla, and built a reputation as a writer respected by the intellectuals of the era.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Politics in literature, Politics and literature, History, Education of princes in literature, Sex role in literature
Places: France
People: Christine de Pisan (approximately 1364-approximately 1431)