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In Defense of Women
A Bilingual Edition
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An important contribution to early public debates on the nature of women written by a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. Pompeo Colonna's In Defense of Women (1530), presented in this volume in Latin and English translation, is one of several important defences of women composed...
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An important contribution to early public debates on the nature of women written by a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
Pompeo Colonna's In Defense of Women (1530), presented in this volume in Latin and English translation, is one of several important defences of women composed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by male advocates of women's moral and intellectual worth. Known as a cardinal and a warrior, but also as an active participant in sixteenth-century Italian literary circles, Colonna addresses the work to his cousin Vittoria Colonna, the most renowned Italian woman poet of the era, who, he writes, had urged him to undertake it.
His Defense not only refutes arguments of women's inferiority and incapacity but, remarkably, asserts their ability to hold political office and govern. It contains original Latin text and a critical introduction by Franco Minonzio. It also features a foreword by Margaret L. King, as well as a postscript by King, tracing the separate male-authored and female-authored Renaissance defences of women.
Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
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In Defense of Women
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781649591135
Publisher: Iter Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 April 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Iter Press
Illustration: 1 color plate
Contributors:
- Translated by Margaret L. King
- Edited by Franco Minonzio
- Introduction by Franco Minonzio
- Foreword by Margaret L. King
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 399g
Pages: 250
About the Author
Pompeo Colonna (1479β1532) was a mercenary captain before becoming a cardinal of the Catholic church. Margaret L. King is professor emerita of history at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Franco Minonzio is an Italian classical philologist, historian of science, and author.
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