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The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of: Christine de Pizan (weirdmedievalguys.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dee to c/[email protected]

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Title explains it, Christine de Pizan was kind of a bamf and you should know about her.

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[–] Dee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like to know more.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 2 points 1 year ago

It just makes my history heart go all pitter patter when someone was so incredibly badass that even though their name has been lost, it's instead been replaced with a badass title.