In the excerpt from the book “The Treasure of the City of Ladies,” Christine De Pizan informs the reader about how a woman with wealth should act within her environment. The excerpt goes on to talk about how women with wealth should act towards people that are not nobles. She must act like a great lady of nobility towards people such as religious people (clergymen), middle class, and the common people. The reasons she wants to be kind to these people is so that they will pray to God for her and so that she is praised by their sermons and homilies. This will help her gain the support of a variety of people in any situation. This will also gain her the love of her husband. By gaining this respect by the subjects, she is helping the husband run
