Querelle des femmes in the 16th century Padua : La difesa delle donne (1588) by Prodicogine Filarete

Giuliana Antonella Giacobbe

doi:10.5817/ERB2025-2-15

Querelle des femmes in the 16th century Padua : La difesa delle donne (1588) by Prodicogine Filarete

Vol.46,No.2(2025)

Giuliana Antonella Giacobbe

https://doi.org/10.5817/ERB2025-2-15

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.83317

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Abstract

This article aims at an initial analysis of Prodicogine Filarete's La difesa delle donne. Published in Padua in 1588, it is a literary reaction against Onofrio Filiriaco's Vera narratione delle operationi delle donne. The methodology of the work brings together cultural and philological studies from a gender perspective, to show that Filarete's text constituted a document of social denunciation within the Querelle des femmes of the 16th century. A literary introduction is presented that serves to contextualise the work, followed by an analysis of the text, highlighting the philogynistic arguments of Prodicogine Filarete, in such a way as to contribute to the studies carried out previously and suggest new research itineraries.

Keywords:
Defence of Women; Prodicogine Filarete; Querelle des femmes; 16th century; Gender Studies

Pages:
199–209

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