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Hristiyanlık inancının kutsal kitabı İncil, insan yaşamından kesitler sunan ve tarihi gerçeklere dayanan hikâyeler barındıran bir metindir. Bu hikâyelerin bir kısmında kadınlara değinildiğini görmek mümkündür. Ne var ki, İncil’deki bazı kadın temsillerinde kadınlara bazen ikincil, alçaltıcı özellikler yüklenirken, bazılarında Havva modeline uygun olarak kadınlar birer yıkıcı unsur, birer günahkâr olarak görülmüşlerdir. Her durumda, kadına erkeğin yanında hak ettiği değer verilmemiştir. Toplumsal düzende var olan kadın-erkek eşitsizliği, İncil’in de etkisiyle daha da güçlenmiştir. Hristiyan inancındaki eşitlik savunucuları ise, İncil’deki bazı ayetleri temel alarak Tanrı katında kadın ve erkeğin eşit yaratıldığını ve eşit olduğunu savunarak, iki cinsiyet arasındaki ayrıma karşı çıkar. İlk feministlerden sayılan 14. yüzyıl Fransız yazar Christine de Pizan da eserinde kadınların erkeklerden daha aşağı konumda olmadıklarını göstermek amacıyla çeşitli güçlü ve akıllı kadınları gözler önüne serer. Anlattığı hikâyeler İncil’e cevap niteliği taşımakla birlikte, kadınların kutsal kitapta resmedildikleri gibi olmadığını/ olmaması gerektiğini savunur. Bu temelde, Pizan’ın hem eşitlikçi düşüncenin ilk savunucularından olduğunu hem de İncil’e karşı çıkabilme cesaretini gösterdiğini söylemek yanlış olmayacaktır. 

By the same token, Queen Fredegunde takes the place of a powerful king and heartens her barons during the battle. She becomes the leader, directing the troops. That she was also a great military strategist understood when she appealed to the psychology of the soldiers. She brought her baby son into the battlefield so that she could hearten them to win the battle at all costs to secure the future of the kingdom. She also had the horses camouflaged and then she instructed the soldiers to tie bells to their mounts, which the enemy mistake for grazing animals, allowing Fredegunde’s forces to penetrate the enemy camp. Her military genius is apparent and needless to say, she could overcome the difficulties by herself. Artemisia and Fredegunde are not destructors, but they are the savers of their kingdom. They have courage to take action and moral insight to protect their subordinates. These active woman profiles do not comply with Apostle Paul’s submissive women. It would be meaningful to ask which one of these women is more beneficial for the welfare of the society. The stories of these women are also proofs for the egalitarians. 

Pizan shows that the women can have good conduct of throne; they can fight as mighty warriors do. She shows that the females can be as smart and strong as the males. As well as suggesting equality, these stories oppose Bathsheba’s as Artemisia and Fredegunde are the flourishers of a community. Pizan details her praise of the women with references to Queen Artemisia, Queen Hypsicratea, the Empress Triaria and many more women for the great love that they have for their husbands. She talks about several ladies, who saved their husbands from execution. She gives examples to contradict to those who claim that few women are chaste. She lists proofs to refute the view that women are lacking in constancy and Rectitude mentions various examples of emperors who were unreliable and inconsistent such as Nero or the Emperor Galba. She also refutes the opinion of those who claim that women are by nature mean recalling the generous and wealthy woman Busa. Through these figures, Christine strives to prove that women are not only meant to be treacherous beings. She argues that the desirable, positive qualities are not bestowed upon the men, while the women are degraded. As long as each sex is intelligent and cultivated enough, they should be treated equally. “Christine argues that the two sexes are equal, at least in terms of their propensity for virtue”(BrownGrant, 1999:174). Pizan tries to shatter the traditional belief that domestic sphere is where the women belong to. In turn, she provides us with countless woman profiles as warriors, poets, authors, inventors, political and military leaders. It is important to note that Christine is not trying to elevate only the women at the expense of the men but struggling to create a balance between the sexes. She does not have a sexist attitude towards the men. She just asks for equality and she attempts to eradicate the differences between two sexes to illustrate that it is through the collaboration of them that the world has been developing. In her battle of the books, the representation of the characters in the Bible is paired and clashed with the ones in the City of Ladies. Pizan refutes the creation story and the stories of Batsheba and Delilah with the stories of Queen Fredegunde and Queen Artemisia. Exodus’, Leviticus’, and Numbers’ views of the women as inferior, having no liberty to act since being the property of the men is counteracted with the experiences of Saint Christine, Queen Berenice, Sappho and Minerva, Isis, Arachne, Ceres the Inventors. With her remarks, she becomes one of the forerunners of Christian egalitarianism and acts brave enough to go against some narratives of the Bible. Although it is clear that it would be difficult to shatter the stereotypes established in the holy book, Pizan’s struggle is of great importance for her followers. It is not surprising that she is listed among the long lasting literary figures since what she tried to do in the dark passage of the Middle Ages is pursued after many centuries by the feminist authors and egalitarians.

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