Project Gutenberg 2025-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 603 Christine, de Pisan 1363 1430 Pizan, Christine de Pisan, Christine de Pisan, Christiné de L'avision de Christine Reading ease score: 24.9 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "L’avision de Christine" by Christine de Pisan is a poetic allegory written in the late 14th century. The text revolves around the author, who explores her visions, which touch on various philosophical and societal themes, highlighting a woman's perspective within medieval society. The work combines personal reflection with broader themes of wisdom, governance, and the nature of reality, emphasizing the importance of virtue and moral integrity. At the start of this narrative, Christine describes a spiritual journey during which she becomes tired and seeks rest during a pilgrimage. This leads her to experience a vision where her spirit is lifted to a dark realm, where she encounters a large image personifying a significant entity. This image is accompanied by a crowned shadow resembling a powerful queen, who acts as a caretaker for the image's nourishment, symbolizing the relationship between power and sustenance. The vivid descriptions and allegorical elements set the tone for a deep exploration of philosophical ideas and virtues, which unfold through Christine's subsequent encounters and reflections within the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8448970d 20230826004750depisan 1405 FR fr Women authors, French -- Biography Allegories France -- History -- Medieval period, 987-1515 -- Fiction Dreams in literature PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 335030 2025-03-08T09:00:08.656067 text/html 308967 2025-03-08T08:09:07 text/html 1047237 2025-03-08T09:00:35.488910 application/epub+zip 1047591 2025-03-08T09:00:21.380969 application/epub+zip 314865 2025-03-08T09:00:12.897042 application/epub+zip 1596928 2025-03-08T09:00:47.891859 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1535664 2025-03-08T09:00:34.967896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300385 2025-03-08T09:00:07.987046 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 280506 2025-03-08T08:09:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 4768 2025-03-08T09:00:48.040847 application/rdf+xml 17007 2025-03-08T09:00:20.953992 image/jpeg 2622 2025-03-08T09:00:20.853962 image/jpeg 959812 2025-03-08T09:00:08.705068 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia