The Book of Gladness / Le Livre de Leesce: A 14th Century Defense of Women, in English and French, by Jehan Le Fèvre by Jehan Le Fèvre

The Book of Gladness / Le Livre de Leesce: A 14th Century Defense of Women, in English and French, by Jehan Le Fèvre

Jehan Le Fèvre with Linda Burke (Translator)

154 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender history reflective medium-paced
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The Book of Gladness (ca. 1380) contains one of the most powerful, original, and influential pro-feminine voices of the late Middle Ages. In a spirited riposte to the misogynist tradition, Le Fevre (with the help of Gladness, his lady-persona) bol...

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