Source: christine de pizan, the book of the city ladies, 1405

4. “i am amazed by the opinion of some men who claim that they do not want their daughters, wives, or kinswomen to be educated because of the mores [morals] would be ruined as a result….here you can clearly see that not all opinions of men are based on reason and that these men are wrong.”

4. why would this selection be considered revolutionary in 1405? what group of people would support this idea and why; likewise, what group(s) of people would disagree with this idea and why?


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