Christine de Pizan
1364–1430 · Person
Europe's first professional woman writer, whose 'Book of the City of Ladies' defended women's worth against misogyny.
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Around 1364
- Black Death (1346)
- Hundred Years' War (1337)
- Peasants' Revolt in England (1381)
- Dante's Divine Comedy (1320)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)