“I pessimi costumi de’ tristi mariti fuggir si devono”. Cristoforo Bronzini. Violence against women
Abstract
The object of study of this article is the analysis of the Eighth Day of the Second Week of the work by Cristoforo Bronzini entitled Dialogo Della Dignità e della nobiltà delle donne, published in 1628. Bronzini offers examples of virtuous marriage and lashes out against the violent behavior of husbands, following an intertextual line that refers to other authors of the Querelle des Femmes. His work is fully ascribed to the tradition of Italian treatises in defense of the dignity of women, from the request for access to education and all fields of knowledge to equality in marriage. In this context, he affirms the need for mutual love, criticizes the violent manners of husbands and proposes examples of men who respect women, who are characterized by a masculinity that is imposed with dialogue and not with force.
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