This dissertation argues that, across her corpus, Christine de Pizan (c.1364-c.1431) advanced a notion of the common good that is both, and inseparably, political and theological. The project critically analyzes Christine’s theological notions of human personhood, moral formation, prudential self-interest, and destructive preoccupation with personal good. It demonstrates that Christine responded to, retooled, and restructured authoritative texts and traditions in order to compose a constructive notion of the common good. It argues that Christine wrote in the interest of peace in the bodies politic within which she counted herself: France, the Church, and Christendom. It concludes that Christine wrote to form persons for peace. / Religion, Committee on the Study of
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/23845469 |
Date | 04 December 2015 |
Creators | Gower, Margaret Marion |
Contributors | Hollywood, Amy |
Publisher | Harvard University |
Source Sets | Harvard University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | open |
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