In The Treasure of the City of Ladies Christine highlights the persuasive effect of women抯 speech and actions in everyday life. In this particular text, Christine argues that women must recognize and promote their ability to make peace. This ability will allow women to mediate between husband and subjects. She also claims that slanderous speech erodes one抯 honor and threatens the sisterly bond among women. Christine then argues that "skill in discourse should be a part of every woman抯 moral repertoire" (Redfern 87). Christine understood that a woman抯 influence is realized when her speech accords value to chastity, virtue, and restraint. She proved that rhetoric is a powerful tool that women could employ to settle differences and to assert themselves. Overall, she presented a concrete strategy that allowed all women, regardless of their status, to undermine the dominant patriarchal discourse.

Christine specifically sought out other women to collaborate in the creation of her work. She makes special mention of a manuscript illuminator we know only as Anastasia who she described as the most talented of her day.