The Book of the City of Ladies Book 3, Chapters 11-15 Summary

  • If Lady Justice's previous examples weren't enough to convince us of the goodness of women, she now talks about how many women in history have watched their children die because they (the women) wouldn't renounce their devotion to Christ.
  • One woman named Europhrysina left the care of her beloved father in order to become a monk, which she did by disguising herself as a boy. Everyone at the monastery was so impressed with her behavior that they never realized she was a woman in disguise.