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As from a high mountain an internal spring issues furiously, and descends violently in a twisted path down the rocky cliff face, and leads to the river and widens it in the plain just so from the living and animate mountain that Macandro resembles, the blood spreads and stretches out eagerly and furiously, and makes a lake appear on the sand.
Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance by Modesta Pozzo (alias Moderata Fonte), English translation by Julia Kisacky
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Men were created before women. But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi.
- Moderata Fonte, The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men (1600)
Moderata Fonte was the pseudonym of Modesta Pozzo (1555–92), a Venetian woman who was something of an anomaly. Neither cloistered in a convent nor as liberated from prevailing codes of decorum as a courtesan might be, Pozzo was a respectable, married mother who produced literature in genres that were commonly considered “masculine”- the chivalric romance and the literary dialogue. Her book, The Worth of Women, which was published in 1600, concerned itself with gender equality and the responsibility of husbands and fathers: issues that loom large today had currency in Renaissance Venice as well.
This work takes the form of the latter, with Fonte creating a conversation among seven Venetian noblewomen. The dialogue explores nearly every aspect of women’s experience in both theoretical and practical terms. These women, who differ in age and experience, take as their broad theme men’s curious hostility toward women and possible cures for it. Through this witty and ambitious work, Fonte seeks to elevate women’s status to that of men, arguing that women have the same innate abilities as men and, when similarly educated, prove their equals. Through this dialogue, Fonte provides a picture of the private and public lives of Renaissance women, ruminating on their roles in the home, in society, and in the arts. The book is a fine example of Renaissance vernacular literature, this book is also a testament to the enduring issues that women face, including the attempt to reconcile femininity with ambition but without the shrill tones of a strident feminism more prevalent today. Â
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Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.
Moderata Fonte (1555 - 1592), The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men (1600)
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Excerpts from Moderata Fonte’s 1600 magnum opus “Il Merito delle Donne” (”The Virtue of Women”), aka the fiercest ante-litteram feminist essay I’ve ever read.Â
Include: una revisione spudorata del mito della Genesi, un'invettiva contro gli uomini gelosi, un'invito alla solidarietĂ femminile e una descrizione strabiliante e assolutamente sfiziosa, per allegorie, dei vizi dell'uomo, contornati da badilate di schietto buon senso, il tutto in grazioso e garbato stile cortese degno del petrarchista piĂą pignolo.
When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know how they managed to make this law in their favour, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well? What makes them think they can boast of the same thing that in women brings only shame?
Moderata Fonte (1555 - 1592), The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men (1600)
It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for us just to banish these men from our lives, and escape their carping and jeering once and for all? Couldn't we live without them? Couldn't we earn our living and manage our affairs without help from them? Come on, let's wake up, and claim back our freedom, and the honour and dignity that they have usurped from us for so long. Do you think that if we really put our minds to it, we would be lacking the courage to defend ourselves, the strength to fend for ourselves, or the talents to earn our own living? Let's take our courage into our hands and do it, and then we can leave it up to them to mend their ways as much as they can: we shan't really care what the outcome is, just as long as we are no longer subjugated to them.
Moderata Fonte (1555 - 1592), The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men (1600)
