Antifeminist literature of the Middle Ages
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| The corpus includes the ''[[Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves]]'', a collection of texts mentioned in ''[[The Wife of Bath's Tale]]'' in the ''[[Canterbury Tales]]''. | The corpus includes the ''[[Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves]]'', a collection of texts mentioned in ''[[The Wife of Bath's Tale]]'' in the ''[[Canterbury Tales]]''. | ||
| - | Other texts in this category are the ''[[Miroir de Mariage]]'' of [[Eustache Deschamps]]. | + | Other texts in this category are ''[[Le Miroir de Mariage]]'' of [[Eustache Deschamps]]. |
| Often referenced are [[Tertullian]]'s "[[An Exhortation to Chastity]]" and [[Solomon]]'s downfall because of his [[polygyny]]. | Often referenced are [[Tertullian]]'s "[[An Exhortation to Chastity]]" and [[Solomon]]'s downfall because of his [[polygyny]]. | ||
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Aristotle and Phyllis, c. 1485, from the medieaval legend Lai d' Aristote
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Antifeminist and anti-matrimonial literature of the Middle Ages is a corpus of antifeminist literature found in medieval texts. In these writings, women are stereotypically portrayed as unfaithful and cunning.
The corpus includes the Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves, a collection of texts mentioned in The Wife of Bath's Tale in the Canterbury Tales.
Other texts in this category are Le Miroir de Mariage of Eustache Deschamps.
Often referenced are Tertullian's "An Exhortation to Chastity" and Solomon's downfall because of his polygyny.
In theory, this antifeminism was countered by the concept and practices of courtly love, which idealizes women.
Precursors in Antiquity
Renaissance
See also
- Antifeminism
- Criticism of marriage
- Female infidelity
- Insatiability of women
- Medieval literature
- Misogyny
- Pauline epistles
- Power of Women
- Venus in the Middle Ages
- Women's rights in the Middle Ages
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