Antifeminist literature of the Middle Ages
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- | '''Antifeminist and anti-matrimonial literature of the Middle Ages''' is a corpus of antifeminist literature found in medieval texts. It includes the ''[[Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves]]'', a book mentioned in ''[[The Wife of Bath's Tale]]'' in the ''[[Canterbury Tales]]''. | + | '''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. |
- | Other texts in this category are the ''[[Miroir de Mariage]]'' of [[Eustache Deschamps]]. | + | As [[Domenico Comparetti]] notes in ''[[Vergil in the Middle Ages (Domenico Comparetti)|Vergil in the Middle Ages]]'', |
+ | :"In spite therefore of certain ideals of chastity presented by the Christian hagiographies, in spite of the incense burnt at the altar of Woman in romances, at tourneys and in the Courts of Love, there was never a time in the world's history in which women were more grossly insulted, more shamefully reviled, or more basely defamed than they were in the middle ages, by men of every class, beginning with the most serious writers of theology and going down to the [[mountebank]]s of the [[street-play]]s. The number of anecdotes, trivial or obscene, that drag women in the dirt is simply infinite. . . ." | ||
- | Often referenced are [[Tertullian]]'s "[[An Exhortation to Chastity]]" and [[Solomon]]'s downfall because of his [[polygyny]]. | + | In the corpus is included the ''[[Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves]]'', a collection of texts mentioned in ''[[The Wife of Bath's Tale]]'' in ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''. |
- | In theory, this antifeminism was countered by the concept and practises [[courtly love]], which idealizes women. | + | Other texts in this category are ''[[Le Miroir de Mariage]]'' by [[Eustache Deschamps]]. |
+ | Often referenced in the Middle Ages are [[Tertullian]]'s "[[An Exhortation to Chastity]]" and [[Solomon]]'s downfall because of his [[polygyny]]. | ||
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+ | In theory, this antifeminism was countered by the concept and practices of [[courtly love]], which idealizes women. | ||
+ | ==Precursors in Antiquity== | ||
+ | :''[[Misogyny in Greek literature]] | ||
+ | *[[Satire VI]] by Juvenal | ||
+ | **[[Lassata, sed non satiata]] | ||
+ | *[[Casta est, quam nemo rogavit]] by Ovid | ||
+ | ==Renaissance== | ||
+ | *[[Disputatio nova contra mulieres]] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Antifeminism]] | *[[Antifeminism]] | ||
- | *[[Medieval literature]] | + | *[[Criticism of marriage]] |
*[[Female infidelity]] | *[[Female infidelity]] | ||
+ | *[[Insatiability of women]] | ||
+ | *[[Medieval literature]] | ||
*[[Misogyny]] | *[[Misogyny]] | ||
*[[Pauline epistles]] | *[[Pauline epistles]] | ||
- | *[[Women's rights in the Middle Ages]] | + | *[[Power of Women]] |
- | *[[Criticism of marriage]] | + | |
*[[Venus in the Middle Ages]] | *[[Venus in the Middle Ages]] | ||
+ | *[[Women's rights in the Middle Ages]] | ||
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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.
As Domenico Comparetti notes in Vergil in the Middle Ages,
- "In spite therefore of certain ideals of chastity presented by the Christian hagiographies, in spite of the incense burnt at the altar of Woman in romances, at tourneys and in the Courts of Love, there was never a time in the world's history in which women were more grossly insulted, more shamefully reviled, or more basely defamed than they were in the middle ages, by men of every class, beginning with the most serious writers of theology and going down to the mountebanks of the street-plays. The number of anecdotes, trivial or obscene, that drag women in the dirt is simply infinite. . . ."
In the corpus is included 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 by Eustache Deschamps.
Often referenced in the Middle Ages 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
- Satire VI by Juvenal
- Casta est, quam nemo rogavit by Ovid
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