The Book Of The City Of Ladies

Six episodes. First broadcast from 20010101 to 20050515. (* = BBC7).

France's first professional woman author lived in the 15th century and wrote an allegorical fantasy about a fortress for women from valour, virtue and wisdom.

 
 
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01 20010101* 20050509, * 20050510, * 20051212, * 20051213, * 20070604, * 20070605, * 20080721, * 20080722Reason, Rectitude and Justice command Christine to oppose male slanders with a City of Ladies.
Christine de Pizan's allegorical fantasy about building a fortress for women of valour, virtue and wisdom.
02 20010102* 20050510, * 20050511, * 20051213, * 20051214, * 20070605, * 20070606, * 20080722, * 20080723Christine begins to lay the bricks of the city's walls, and sees visions of female valour through Reason's magic mirror.
03 20010103* 20050511, * 20050512, * 20051214, * 20051215, * 20070606, * 20070607, * 20080723, * 20080724Christine is blinded by the brilliance of women's minds, so Reason takes her underground to a Temple of Female Learning.
04 20010104* 20050512, * 20050513, * 20051215, * 20051216, * 20070607, * 20070608, * 20080724, * 20080725Having proven women to be neither weak nor stupid, Christine and her guides look to the female virtues of loyalty and faithfulness.
Having proven women to be neither weak nor stupid, Christine looks to the female virtues of loyalty and faithfulness.
05 LAST 20010105* 20050513, * 20050514, * 20051216, * 20051217, * 20070608, * 20070609, * 20080725, * 20080726Exhausted after her labours, Christine finally comes to the Chapel of Women, where a huge female company appears, singing jubilantly, celebrating the book's completion.
A tired Christine reaches the Chapel of Women where a host of women appear to her, singing jubilantly at the book's completion.
(OMNI 20050515)Omnibus 01-052005051520050516, * 20051218, * 20051219, * 20070610, * 20070611