Virtue Ethics for Women 1250-1500

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Green, Karen (Editor), Mews, Constant (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: The New Synthese Historical Library ; 69
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Religion.; Political science.; Ethics.; Medieval philosophy.; Medieval Philosophy.; Political Science.; Religious Studies, general.; History of Philosophy.

This book locates Christine de Pizan's argument that women are virtuous members of the political community within the context of earlier discussions of the relative virtues of men and women. It is the first to explore how women were represented and addressed within medieval discussions of the v...