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Portrait of Christine de Pizan

Medieval · c. 1364–1430

Who influenced Christine de Pizan?

Influences

First professional woman of letters, who wrote the City of Ladies against misogyny.

Christine de Pizan was influenced by Boethius. That is 1 line of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.

Read on Wikipedia Portrait: The original uploader was Kelson at French Wikipedia., Public domain See the whole map

Who was Christine de Pizan?

Christine de Pizan was born in Venice and grew up at the French court, where from 1368 her father served as physician and astrologer and made sure she learned philosophy, Latin, history and science, which was rare for a girl at the time. After her husband died, she supported herself as a court writer for Charles VI and the dukes of Orléans and Burgundy.

She wrote poetry, biography and treatises on literature, history, politics and religion, and her work counts among the earliest feminist writing. Her best-known books are The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies.

Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.

Who influenced Christine de Pizan?

1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.

The line of teachers behind Christine de Pizan

The longest documented line of influence ending at Christine de Pizan runs 9 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.

  1. Thales of Miletus
  2. Anaximander
  3. Pythagoras
  4. Empedocles
  5. Plato
  6. Aristotle
  7. Plotinus
  8. Porphyry
  9. Boethius
  10. Christine de Pizan

Two steps away from Christine de Pizan

Indirect influences

Contemporaries of Christine de Pizan

Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Christine de Pizan, with no direct line between them.

Christine de Pizan by the numbers

Direct influences
1
Direct followers
0
Thinkers upstream
18
Thinkers downstream
0
Wikipedia languages
66 — #25 of 58 among medieval philosophers
Card rarity
Epic

Questions about Christine de Pizan

Who influenced Christine de Pizan?
Boethius.
Who did Christine de Pizan influence?
No later thinker on this map is recorded as drawing directly on Christine de Pizan.
When did Christine de Pizan live?
c. 1364–1430. The map files Christine de Pizan under the medieval period.
How rare is the Christine de Pizan card?
Wikipedia carries an article on Christine de Pizan in 66 languages, which makes it an Epic card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.

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