Women at court in the 16th century in France and Italy

Women at court in the 16th century in France and Italy

Intorudction

In the sixteenth century a group of writers and poets created a close relationship with literature, also producing literary works. Previous literature was exclusively male and was dedicated to remember the role of women in society. As a result of these writings between 1400 and 1600 relates changes between the two sexes. The woman in this period, has a quality inherent in the beauty, her job was knowing how to govern the right of the husband, the house and the children, in more needs to be able to live by the rules of court life: in particular, it must entertain all sorts of arguments with homo grateful and honest then you must be aware of many (preferably all) of the topics, but should be modest and honest.

The new social and cultural environment following the historic change in the '500 leads to innovations in the literature concerning the woman. The greater understanding, as an active part of the political and economic crisis that had formed in Italy shakes the intellectual class and marks the end of the Renaissance dream. With the religious schism and its consequences in terms of facts and events, the environment family grows in importance: the solidity of marriage is a tool to preserve the economic integrity of the family. The rich production of treaties on the female of the second '500 marks the transition from the ideal of woman cortense to that of wife and mother, conceived as roles well marked, with the ability to develop the potential of disorder of the feminine nature of the order 'social organization. One of the most popular, in this period, was certainly the marriage relationship that involved living with a really dangerous and unstable as the woman. In the humanistic period, the couple's life and family environment are seen as conflicting cultural and civil commitment of man in society. According to other thinkers instead marriage was a form of guarantee of social order and control to the unpredictable nature of women; own whence texts devoted to women and graded primarily on the criteria for choosing the good wife and education of young by her husband.

Discussion

In the first half of the sixteenth century almost all adult women of the city, except the sisters were married or they had been. The daughter of a rich merchant, a lawyer or an agent of Finance could be engaged in their teens, but usually the women waited a few more years: the time needed to form the dowry due to the efforts of the family, or their wages, or the contribution of a master or a mistress generous. Then the children began to arrive, gradually every two or three years. The rich woman, with full pantry and a country retreat for times of plague, could also raise six or seven children to adulthood, the wife of a craftsman had to bury it easily put almost ...