On Famous Women
De claris mulieribus (14th c. Italian translation, ed. Tosti 1841)
Giovanni Boccaccio (trans. Donato da Casentino)
Italian
Giovanni Boccaccio c. 1361-1362 · published 1841
510 pages
LiteratureRenaissance PhilosophyWomen Of The Secret TraditionHistory Political ThoughtRenaissance Literary ImaginationRenaissance Political Thought
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Discover the first collection of female biographies in post-ancient Western history, a landmark work where Giovanni Boccaccio reclaims the lost voices of antiquity’s most 'illustrious' women. From the divine origins of Eve to the fierce military brilliance of the Amazons, this text explores whether the fire of human genius and the 'masculine' soul know any gender boundaries.
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