ISBN:
9789400705296
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The New Synthese Historical Library 69
DDC:
179.90820902
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Ethics
;
Philosophy, medieval
;
Religion (General)
;
Political science
Abstract:
This book locates Christine de Pizan's argument that women are virtuous members of the political community within the context of earlier discussions of the relative virtues of men and women. It is the first to explore how women were represented and addressed within medieval discussions of the virtues. It introduces readers to the little studied Speculum Dominarum (Mirror of Ladies), a mirror for a princess, compiled for Jeanne of Navarre, which circulated in the courtly milieu that nurtured Christine. Throwing new light on the way in which Medieval women understood the virtues, and were represented by others as virtuous subjects, it positions the ethical ideas of Anne of France, Laura Cereta, Marguerite of Navarre and the Dames de la Roche within an evolving discourse on the virtues that is marked by the transition from Medieval to Renaissance thought. Virtue Ethics for Women 1250-1500 will be of interest to those studying virtue ethics, the history of women's ideas and Medieval and Renaissance thought in general.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Introduction; Contents; About the Authors; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; 1 Does Virtue Recognise Gender Christine de Pizan's City of Ladies in the Light of Scholastic Debate; 2 The Speculum dominarum (Miroir des dames) and Transformations of the Literature of Instruction for Women in the Early Fourteenth Century; 1 Durand de Champagne and Jeanne de Navarre; 2 The Speculum dominarum and Religious Writing for Women; 3 The French Translation of the Speculum dominarum; 4 The Structure of the Speculum dominarum; 5 Conclusion
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3 A Mirror of Queenship: The Speculum dominarum and the Demands of Justice1 The Queen's Milieu; 2 The Mirror; 3 The King's Justice; 4 Queenship; 5 Kingship; 6 The Queen's Allies; 4 A Lady's Guide to Salvation: The Miroir des dames Compilation; 1 Introduction; 2 Construction of the Collection; 3 Conclusion; 5 Charles V's Visual Definition of the Queen's Virtues; 1 The Virgin Mary, the Church, and the Queen of Sheba as Models of Virtue for Jeanne de Bourbon; 1.1 The Virgin Mary and the Church as Model for Young Jeanne de Bourbon
Description / Table of Contents:
1.2 Solomon and the Queen of Sheba as Models for Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon2 From Conceptual Portraits to Representations of a Royal Educated Family in MS 434 of Besanon; 3 Franciscan Spiritual Education as a Model for Royal Family; 4 Presenting the Educated Queen: Jacques de Cessoless Jeu des echecs moraliss and Jean de Meuns Li Livres de confort de Philosophie; 5 Jeanne's Virtues Justify Tutelage of Royal Children in Royaumont's Charter and Guillaume Durant's Rational des divins offices; 6 Queens as Wise Counsellors in Charles Vs Grandes Chroniques de France
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Jean Gerson's Writings to His Sisters and Christine de Pizan's Livre des trois vertus: An Intellectual Dialogue Culminating in Friendship1 Omnis doctrina mulierum reputanda est suspecta; 2 Competing Metaphors of the Fowler (Der Vogelfnger bin ich ja...); 3 The Theme of the regalitas of the Virgin in Gerson and Christine; 4 The Passion Narratives of Gerson and Christine; 7 From Le Miroir des dames to Le Livre des trois vertus; 8 Appearing Virtuous: Christine de Pizan's Le Livre des trois vertus and Anne de France's Les Enseignements dAnne de France; 1 Juste ypocrisie and Cleverness
Description / Table of Contents:
2 The Livre des trois vertus and the Enseignements3 Juste ypocrisie and Virtue; 9 Weaving Virtue: Laura Cereta as a New Penelope; 10 Margherita Cantelmo and the Worth of Women in Renaissance Italy; 1 Introduction; 2 Margherita Cantelmo and Agostino Strozzi; 3 Strozzi and Equicola; 4 The Defensione delle donne; 11 Like Mother Like Daughter: Moral and Literary Virtues in French Renaissance Women's Writings; 1 Virtue in the Poetic Exchange between Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d'Albret; 2 Virtue in the Works of Madeleine and Catherine des Roches
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Joanna of Castile's Entry into Brussels: Viragos, Wise and Virtuous Women
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-0529-6
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