Who's Who
This author begins the Book of the City of Ladies by feeling upset and doubtful after reading books that attack women.
Christine Pizan
Christine is taught not to trust male authorities blindly by this first lady.
Lady Reason
Christine argues against the stereotype that women cannot keep these.
secrets
This woman’s tears helped bring about the conversion of Saint Augustine.
Augustine’s mother
This queen is said to have rebuilt and further fortified Babylon with stronger defenses and deep moats after extending her empire across the East.
Semiramis
These three allegorical ladies appear to Christine to guide and encourage her.
Reason, Rectitude, and Justice
Christine uses this grammatical rule to reinterpret negative statements about women.
antiphrasis
These female prophets are used as proof that women were trusted with divine knowledge.
Sibyls
This woman was the first to announce Christ’s resurrection.
Mary Magdalene
This legendary nation of women arose after the noble men of Scythia were killed, and the surviving women organized, ruled, and defended themselves
Amazons
Who is the example Lady Reason uses that is a wise ruler who governed multiple territories and never married?
Empress Nicaula
Reason argues that women are not naturally excessive in eating or drinking, but instead are often this.
sober / temperate
Christine defends women against the claim that they talk too much by pointing to this woman, the first to announce the Resurrection.
Mary Magdalene
Christine argues that humanity gained more through this woman than it lost through Eve.
Mary / the Virgin Mary
These were the first two Amazon queens named in the text.
Lampheto and Marpasia
This final guide promises to complete the city, fill it with worthy women, and bring in its queenly inhabitants.
Lady Justice
Reason says children are drawn to women because women are naturally this.
gentle and kind
Christine says women’s tears should not be mocked because this Church Father was converted through his mother’s tears.
Saint Augustine
This non-Christian woman impressed Christ with her persistence and faith while pleading for her daughter.
woman of Canaan
This queen, mother of Saint Louis, ruled France wisely until her son came of age.
Queen Blanche
Who first distressed Christine with his writing about women?
Matheolus
Christine argues that women can keep secrets by pointing to examples like hidden pregnancies and these female prophets.
Sibyls
The proverb says God made woman to do these three things.
weep, talk, and spin
Christine argues that women’s tears, speech, and spinning should be seen as gifts from this figure.
God
This queen, wife of Charles IV, is remembered for maintaining justice and good rule.
Queen Jeanne