Overview

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 defenses 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 defenses of women.

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Author:   Pompeo Colonna ,  Franco Minonzio ,  Margaret L. King ,  Franco Minonzio
Publisher:   Iter Press
Imprint:   Iter Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781649591135

ISBN 10:   1649591136
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   17 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Illustrations Abbreviations Foreword Introduction In Defense of Women Book One Dedicatory Letter to Vittoria Colonna A Woman Is Not an Imperfect Creature The Charges against Women Refuted Book Two On the Fortitude, Magnanimity, and Constancy of Women On the Liberality and Beneficence of Women On the Temperance and Continence of Women On the Wisdom and Prudence of Women On Justice Apologia mulierum Liber primus Mulierem non esse animal imperfectum Obiectorum solutio Liber secundus De fortitudine, magnanimitate atque constantia mulierum De liberalitate et beneficentia mulierum De temperantia et continentia mulierum De sapientia et prudentia mulierum De iustitia Postscript: The querelle des femmes: Male- and Female-Authored Texts Table: The querelle des femmes: Selected Male- and Female-Authored Texts Glossary of Names Bibliography Index

Reviews

"""The King-Minonzio edition of In Defense of Women by Pompeo Colonna presents a remarkable text by a fascinating author and locates it within the complexities of the Renaissance period. The Latin text and English translation are enhanced by excellent contributions, including a foreword on key issues, a meticulous introduction, an extensive glossary of names, and a substantial postscript on the querelle des femmes, all of which will be useful to scholars and students. Overall, this volume is an exemplary work of collaborative scholarship and offers an important male-authored defense of women."" -- Eva Del Soldato, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania"

Author Information

Pompeo Colonna (1479–1532) 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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