Le tresor de la cité des dames de degré en degré

Also known as: Le Livre des trois vertus à l'enseignement des dames (The Book of the Three Virtues)

Author

Christine de Pizan

Language

Middle French

Year

c. 1405

Country

France

Genre

Novella / Short Novel / Light Novel

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The Treasure of the City of Ladies is a manual of education by medieval Italian-French author Christine de Pisan. Finished, like her previous The 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.