Christine de Pizan was born in Venice and raised in Paris at the court of Charles V of France,Widowed at the age of twenty-five,she turned to writing as a source of comfort and income,and went on to produce a remarkalbe series of books,on subjects including poetry,chivalry warfare,religion and philosophy,She is considered to be France s fust female professional wiriter.This is the fust translation into modem English of Christine de Pizan s major political work ,The Book of the Body Politic.Written during the Hundred Years War, it discusses the education and behavior appropriate for princes,nobility and common people,so that all classes can understand their responsibilities towards society as a whole A product of a time of civil unrest,the Book of the Body Politic offers a medieval political theory of interdependence and social responsibility from the prespective of an educated woman.

本丛书囊括了所有著名的经典原著，但与此同时，它又扩展了传统的评价尺度，以便能够纳入范围广泛、不那么出名的作品。每一本书都有一个评论性的导言，加上历史年表、生平梗概、进一步阅读指南，以及必要的词汇表和原文注解。

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Note on the Text

Principal events in Christine de Pizan s life

Bibliography

Glossary

The Book of the Body Politic

Part1:On Princes

Part2:On Nobles and Knights

Part3:On the Common People

Index