'This is a lucidly argued, well-structured, original, and perceptive monograph on four of Christine's prose texts.' Medium Aevum

• Introduction; 1. The 'querelle de la Rose': Christine's critique of misogynist doctrine and literary practice; 2. The Epistre Othéa: an ethical and allegorical alternative to the Roman de la Rose?; 3. The Avision-Christine: a female exemplar for the princely reader; 4. The Livre de la Cités Dames: generic transformation and the moral defence of women; 5. The Livre des Trois Vertus: a betrayal of the Cité?

'This is a lucidly argued, well-structured, original, and perceptive monograph on four of Christine's prose texts.' Medium Aevum

• Introduction; 1. The 'querelle de la Rose': Christine's critique of misogynist doctrine and literary practice; 2. The Epistre Othéa: an ethical and allegorical alternative to the Roman de la Rose?; 3. The Avision-Christine: a female exemplar for the princely reader; 4. The Livre de la Cités Dames: generic transformation and the moral defence of women; 5. The Livre des Trois Vertus: a betrayal of the Cité?

'This is a lucidly argued, well-structured, original, and perceptive monograph on four of Christine's prose texts.' Medium Aevum

• Introduction; 1. The 'querelle de la Rose': Christine's critique of misogynist doctrine and literary practice; 2. The Epistre Othéa: an ethical and allegorical alternative to the Roman de la Rose?; 3. The Avision-Christine: a female exemplar for the princely reader; 4. The Livre de la Cités Dames: generic transformation and the moral defence of women; 5. The Livre des Trois Vertus: a betrayal of the Cité?