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Helen Carr picks Christine de Pizan at the Gloucester history festival

Great Lives by BBC

Jan 28, 202627:19Society & Culture

Christine de Pizan was born in Italy but most of her life was spent in Paris, where her father was astrologer to the King of France. After her husband died she was left alone to bring up her three children. Christine's m...

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