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. 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 the 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

Misogyny in Greek literature

Renaissance

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