Lived-those of the family and the institutions of the Roman CatholicĬhurch-were shaped by this misogynist tradition and sharply limited theĪreas in which women might act in and upon the world. The social networks within which most women Literary works composed in the vernacular language of ordinary people, and widely recited or read, conveyed these
Romans was biased against women, and the views on women developed byĬhristian thinkers out of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament were negative and disabling. Similarly, the structure of civil legislation inherited from the ancient Were perceptions of the female as inferior to the male in both mind andīody.
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Serve as a framework for the understanding of the texts published in the series "The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe." Introductions specific toĮach text and author follow this essay in all the volumes of the series.Įmbedded in the philosophical and medical theories of the ancient Greeks The following pages describe the misogynistic tradition inherited byĮarly modern Europeans, and the new tradition which the "other voice"Ĭalled into being to challenge reigning assumptions. Misogyny inherited from these traditions pervaded the intellectual, medical, legal, religious, and social systems that developed during the European Middle Ages. In the civilizations related to Western culture: Hebrew, Greek, Roman, and Christian. The "other voice" emerged against the backdrop of a three-thousandyear history of misogyny-the hatred of women-rooted (called the Renaissance or early modern period), questions of femaleĮquality and opportunity ere raised that still resound and are still unresolved. Coincident withĪ general reshaping of European culture in the period 1300 to 1700 Voice of the educated men who created Western culture. Theirs is the" other voice," in contradistinction to the "first voice," the Some male supporters) said for the first time about six hundred years ago. These recent achievements have their origins in things women (and Women are on the public agenda: equal pay, child care, domestic abuse,īreast cancer research, and curricular revision with an eye to the inclusion Most enjoy access to education, reproductive rights, and autonomy in financial affairs. The professions, in business, and in politics.
N western Europe and the United States women are nearing equality in § The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of theĪmerican National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanenceįor Printed Library Materials, ANSI 239.48-1992. Includes bibliographical references and index. (The other voice in early modern Europe) Translated by Ann Rosalind J ones and Margaret F. Poems and selected letters / Veronica Franco edited and
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data This translation was supported by generous grants from the NationalĮndowment for the Humanities and from the Mellon Foundation. The Italian text of Franco's poetry is reproduced from Rime) by Veronicaįranco, edited by Stefano Bianchi (Milan: Gruppo Ugo Mursia, 1995) The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 VeronicaFranco)Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice)published by She is the author of The Honest Courtesan: Margaret F Rosentbal is associate professor of Italian at the Whether a Christian Woman Should Be EducatedĪnd Other Writings from Her Intellectual CircleĪnn Rosalind Jones is Esther Cloudman Dunn Professor ofĬomparative Literature at Smith College. Florentine Drama for Convent and Festival