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Record Number:
45728
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Liboni , Gionata,
Contributor(s):
Title:
Teorie e pratiche sul corpo femminile alla corte di Lucrezia Borgia: l’
Enneas muliebris
di Ludovico Bonaccioli tra filosofia, medicina ed erudizione
Source:
Itinerari 61, 1 ( 2022): Pages 183 - 217. Special issue: Le Filosofie dei Medici: testi e dottrine dal XII al XVII secolo / The Philosophies of Physicians: Texts and Doctrines from the 12th to the 17th Century. edited by Iolanda Ventura and Marco Forlivesi.
Available open access from the journal website:
https://www.mimesisedizioni.it/download/14152/38d60849394e/itinerari-lxi-2022-14x21-_st.pdf
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Body
Borgia, Lucrezia, Wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
Ludovico Bonaccioli, Physician
Gynecology
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
16
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
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Abstract:
This paper aims to present and contextualize Bonaccioli’s
Enneas muliebris
, first published in 1502-3 and recurrently printed (in various defective forms) within important 16th and 17th-century
gynaeciae
collections. In the background of the rise of the figure of the male gynecologist, this work offers an interesting example of manual designed for an educated audience interested in acquiring a basic knowledge of the theories and practices concerning the female body. Remarkably, despite his acceptance of the Aristotelian-Galenic framework, Bonaccioli promotes a reform, inspired by medical humanism, of the Latin medical nomenclature, in order to describe more accurately the anatomy of the female genitalia and the fetal development; moreover, he introduces a vision of the woman which enhances the specificity of female body and sexuality. In so doing, on the one hand he responds to the expectations of a new female audience; on the other, he imposes on women an instrument of discipline and control. [Reproduced from the journal page on the Mimesis Edizioni website:
https://www.mimesisedizioni.it/libro/9788857596099/toc/4477
]
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Ferrara [Adjunct Professor] and University of Parma [Adjunct Professor]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2022.
Language:
Italian
ISSN/ISBN:
20369484 (print); 27852555 (online)