Helen Carr picks Christine de Pizan at the Gloucester history festival

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 most famous work is The Book of the City of Ladies, and historian Helen Carr says she has been inspired by her ever since seeing one of her manuscripts in the British Library. Joining her on stage at the Gloucester History Festival is Christine's biographer Charlotte Cooper-Davis for a lively recording about an important character who was definitely ahead of her time. The producer for BBC Studios is Miles Warde

You can listen to Helen Carr picks Christine de Pizan at the Gloucester history festival online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Helen Carr picks Christine de Pizan at the Gloucester history festival is an episode from Great Lives by BBC.

This episode is 27:19 long.

This episode was published on Jan 28, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Great Lives when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.