Publication: Diego de Valera y la Querella de las Mujeres: contra la “nueva secta” de misóginos.
Authors
Vargas Martínez, Ana
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Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones
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https://doi.org/10.6018/cartaphilus.484341
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
En este artículo se analiza los
argumentos en defensa del sexo feme‐
nino que Diego de Valera expone en su
obra Defensa de virtuosas mujeres
(1444), escrita en el contexto hispánico
del siglo XV en el marco de la Querella
de las Mujeres. La obra, junto con otras
de igual índole, surge del ambiente
cortesano y está dedicada a la reina de
Castilla, María de Aragón (1403‐1445),
primera mujer de Juan II de Castilla
(1405‐1454), que tuvo una implicación
directa en la Querella de las Mujeres. Es
la misma reina quien solicita a impor‐
tantes intelectuales de su corte, como
el caso de Valera, la composición de
textos en defensa del sexo femenino
para responder a los ataques misóginos,
orales y escritos, que circulaban en su
corte. Y a lo que nuestro autor denomi‐
na la “nueva secta” de calumniadores y
maldicientes del sexo femenino, cuyas
opiniones considera propias de hom‐
bres ignorantes. Al igual que en otras
defensas, la intencionalidad de su escri‐
to se ve claramente expresada en el
propio título de la obra manifestando
abiertamente su postura dentro del
debate.
His article analyzes the arguments in defense of the female sex that Diego de Valera exposes in his work Defensa de virtuosas mujeres (1444), written in the Hispanic context of the fifteenth century in the framework of the Querella de las Mujeres. The work, along with others of the same kind, arises from the courtly atmosphere and is dedicated to the Queen of Castile, Maria of Aragon (1403‐1445), first wife of John II of Castile (1405‐1454), who had a direct involvement in the Women’s Quarrel. It is the queen herself who requests important intellectuals from her court, such as the Valera case, the composition of writings in defense of the female sex to respond to misogynist attacks, oral and written, that circulated in her court. And what our author calls the "new sect" of slanderers and revilers of the female sex, whose opinions he considers to be those of ignorant men. As in other defenses, the intentionality of his writing is clearly expressed in the title of the work itself by openly expressing his position within the de‐ bate.
His article analyzes the arguments in defense of the female sex that Diego de Valera exposes in his work Defensa de virtuosas mujeres (1444), written in the Hispanic context of the fifteenth century in the framework of the Querella de las Mujeres. The work, along with others of the same kind, arises from the courtly atmosphere and is dedicated to the Queen of Castile, Maria of Aragon (1403‐1445), first wife of John II of Castile (1405‐1454), who had a direct involvement in the Women’s Quarrel. It is the queen herself who requests important intellectuals from her court, such as the Valera case, the composition of writings in defense of the female sex to respond to misogynist attacks, oral and written, that circulated in her court. And what our author calls the "new sect" of slanderers and revilers of the female sex, whose opinions he considers to be those of ignorant men. As in other defenses, the intentionality of his writing is clearly expressed in the title of the work itself by openly expressing his position within the de‐ bate.
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Cartaphilus, Vol. 19 (2021)
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