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Record Number:
36739
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Roig , Jaume,
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Mirror
of Jaume Roig
Source:
The Mirror
of Jaume Roig: An Edition and an English Translation of MS. Vat. Lat. 4806.Jaume Roig Edited by Maria Celeste Delgado-LibreroMedieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies. ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies), 2010. Pages 65 - 427.
Description:
The physician Jaume Roig composed this misogynist advice poem in Valencian Catalan. In it he warns men of the many dangers women pose. Instead men should devote themselves to the Virgin Mary thereby ensuring their happiness and health.
The Mirror
(or
Spill
in Catalan) is made up of four books. Book One describes the narrator's experiences with women as a young man. Book Two discusses the narrator's three marriages (to a maiden, a Beguine, and a widow) along with additional instances of women's faults, particularly sexual infidelity. In Book Three King Solomon cites Biblical examples of women's faults. In the final book the first narrator, now an old man of 100 years, describes his satisfaction with a life of contemplation.
Article Type:
Edition; Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Literature- Prose
Marriage
Misogyny
Roig, Jaume, Physician- Spill o Libre de Les Dones (Mirror or Book of Women)
Women in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Iberia
Century:
15
Primary Evidence:
Poem; Advice poem warning men of the dangers which women pose.
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2010.
Language:
Catalan; English
ISSN/ISBN:
9780866983983