Erasmus on women
By: edited by Erika Rummel.
Contributors: Rummel, Erika, 1942-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Toronto; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Erasmus, Desiderius, -- d. 1536 -- Views on women.; Women -- History.
Description: Although the texts in this collection are by a single author, they offer a kaleidoscope of views current in the Renaissance. Erasmus' comments on women range from ad hoc remarks in his letters to lengthy treatises on marriage and widowhood, from lively dialogues with a mixed cast of virgins and mothers, housewives and harlots, to a funeral oration for a matriarch. Because Erasmus appropriates a variety of voices, the texts offer a mixture of traditional and progressive thought.
Notes: Bibliography: p245. - Includes index.