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The poet of Joan of Arc, and a notable example of a female writer in the premodern period, Christine de Pizan took a turn at the popular humanist genre of the mirror to princes in her book "The Book of the Body Politics." Jonathan and Ryan take a look at her characterization of virtue, corporal punishment, and what it takes to educate a Caesar.

Richard M. Gamble's The Great Tradition: https://amzn.to/3Q4lRnO

Christine de Pizan's The Book of the Body Politic: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780521422598

C.S. Lewis's The Weight of Glory: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780060653200

Christopher Schlecht's "Did Dorothy Sayers Get Education Wrong?": https://youtu.be/--gjw3gaG-U?si=7OLZ-SlExk8_QMp2

Joris-Karl Huysmans's Against the Grain: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780199555116

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