@inbook{10.7722/j.ctt9qdmv3.7, ISBN = {9781855661134}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt9qdmv3.7}, abstract = {In her discussion with Lady Reason inLe Livre de la cité des damesabout the misogynistic commonplaces that constantly undermine the position of women, Christine de Pizan refers to the allegation made by some that when Christ chose to appear after the Resurrection to Mary Magdalene rather than to one of the disciples, he did so because he knew that a woman’s tongue was the best guarantee that the news would spread quickly:‘I smile at the folly which some men have expressed and I even remember that I heard some foolish preachers teach that God first appeared to}, bookauthor = {Robert Archer}, booktitle = {The Problem of Woman in Late-Medieval Hispanic Literature}, edition = {NED - New edition}, pages = {90--122}, publisher = {Boydell and Brewer}, title = {PRESENT LAUGHTER: BERNAT METGE’S LO SOMNI AND JAUME ROIG’S SPILL}, year = {2005} }