UID:
almafu_9959243843102883
Format:
1 online resource (143 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-12527-X
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9786611125271
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0-226-01060-0
Series Statement:
Other voice in early modern Europe
Uniform Title:
Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus.
Content:
Originally published in 1529, the Declamation on the Preeminence and Nobility of the Female Sex argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that really matter, including the public spheres from which they had long been excluded. Rather than directly refuting prevailing wisdom, Agrippa uses women's superiority as a rhetorical device and overturns the misogynistic interpretations of the female body in Greek medicine, in the Bible, in Roman and canon law, in theology and moral philosophy, and in politics. He raised the question of why women were excluded and provided answers based not on sex but on social conditioning, education, and the prejudices of their more powerful oppressors. His declamation, disseminated through the printing press, illustrated the power of that new medium, soon to be used to generate a larger reformation of religion.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Editors' Introduction to the Series --
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Foreword --
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Note on the Text --
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Agrippa and the Feminist Tradition --
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Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex --
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Index of Biblical References --
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General Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-226-01059-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-226-01058-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7208/9780226010601
