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Buy the book of the city of ladies penguin classics book online. One of the most influential mediaeval female writers, she attacked all male prejudices current in her age, and some of her arguments still hold fast in this day and age, a full six. Table of contents translated with an introduction and notes by rosalind browngrant. She reminds the inhabitants of this community of women to stay strong and true and to uphold the noble virtues that have made the construction of the city possible. The book of the city of ladies free pdf, fb2, fb3, txt.
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