In the most famous work of this opponent of the Romance of the Rose, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice appear to her in a vision to tell her to fight misogyny by telling the stories of great women throughout history.
One of this author's speakers says: "But my eyes would rather cry / And nobody knows the pain / My poor heart endures" in a poem that begins with the line "I sing behind a veil". This author wrote a ballade with the refrain "Alone am I and without a friend remain". Though not Boccaccio, this author wrote a work that tells the stories of Carmentis and Almathea and that opens with the narrator reading The Lamentations of Mathéolus. Jean Gerson joined forces with this author in a debate through letters with (*) Gontier Col and Jean de Montreuil about the obscenity of another poet's popular allegory. In the most famous work of this opponent of the Romance of the Rose, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice appear to her in a vision to tell her to fight misogyny by telling the stories of great women throughout history. For 10 points, name this author of The Book of the City of Ladies, the first successful Medieval French female poet.
One of this author's speakers says: "But my eyes would rather cry /
Christine de Pizan [accept either name]