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  • Record Number: 7318
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Cortijo Ocaña , Antonio.
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  • Title: The "Consells- Consejos" on Marriage and Their Broader Sentimental Context [The author examines three works of advice on marriage ("Advice of Good Doctrine which a French lady Gave Her Daughter Who Married the King of England" ("Conseyll de bones doctrines que una reyna de França dona a una filla sua que fonch muller del rey Danglaterra"), "Letter from the Marquis of Villena to His Daughter Joana" ("Letra deval scrita feu lo marques de Villena e compte de Ribagortça qui apres fo intitulat duch de Gandia, per dona Joahan filla sua quant la marida ab don Johan fill del compte de Gardona, per la qual liscrivi castich e bons nodriments, dient axi"), and "Advice from a Wiseman to His Daughters" ("Castigos y dotrinas que un sabio daba a sus hijas")) that bear structured and thematic parallels to sentimental romances. The texts emphasize women's chastity, honor, humility, and piety, but also stress a misogynous view of women's out-of-control sexuality. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Marriage and Sexuality in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia. Hispanic Issues, Volume 26.  Edited by Eukene Lacarra Lanz.  Routledge, 2002.  Pages 39 - 56.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Advice Catalan Literature Chastity Human Behavior Marriage in Literature Misogyny in Literature Sentimental Romances, Literary Genre Wives in Literature Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara
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  • Year of Publication: 2002.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0415936349