In her Book of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pizan makes the Virgin Mary queen to

a. confirm women’s centrality to Christianity.
b. appease potential critics from the Church.
c. show that women were more devout than men.
d. emphasize the relationship between reason and religion.


Answer: a

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