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In Our Time

Christine de Pizan

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430) who, according to Simone de Beauvoir, was the first woman to 'take up her pen in defence of her sex'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Swift
Interviewed Guest:
Miranda Griffin
Interviewed Guest:
Marilynn Desmond