06-11-2021, 08:16 PM
On the work "Le Livre de la Cité des Dames" (Wikipedia):
So it can be assumed that this work was discussed in the upper classes (!) of Europe, including Italy. Of course, as I said, the social order in the Middle Ages was anything but characterized by equality.
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Completed around 1405, it is now considered one of the first feminist works in European literature and the starting point for the "Querelle des Femmes", a debate about gender order that took place in Europe since the 14th century and especially in the 17th century.
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So it can be assumed that this work was discussed in the upper classes (!) of Europe, including Italy. Of course, as I said, the social order in the Middle Ages was anything but characterized by equality.