Title: Erasmus on Women
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.
Subjects: Views on women, Woman (Philosophy), Frau, Vrouwen, Et les femmes, Women, history, renaissance, 1450-1600, Women and religion, Women, History