Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex

Name: Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex
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ISBN: 9780226010595

ISBN-10: 0226010597

ISBN-13: 9780226010595

Edition: 1996

Authors: Henricus Cornelius Agrippa, Albert Rabil Jr., Albert Rabil

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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…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 142
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.91" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Editors' Introduction to the Series


Foreword


Note on the Text


Abbreviations


Agrippa and the Feminist Tradition


Suggestions for Further Reading


Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex


Index of Biblical References


General Index