Antifeminist literature of the Middle Ages
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Antifeminist and anti-matrimonial literature of the Middle Ages includes the Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves, a book 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.
Often referenced are Tertullian's "An Exhortation to Chastity" and Solomon's downfall because of his polygyny.
See also
- Antifeminism
- Medieval literature
- Female infidelity
- Misogyny
- Pauline epistles
- Women's rights in the Middle Ages
- Criticism of marriage
- Venus in the Middle Ages
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