Lucretia Marinella

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Lucretia Marinella (* 1571 ; † 1653 ) was an Italian writer of the Renaissance . She questioned the arguments against female self-determination that were common at the time , opposed the Aristotelian image of women and critically dealt with the story of creation . Here she pointed out, among other things, that the rib of Adam , from which Eve was created, was much more valuable material than the clay from which God created Adam. Marinella's image of women is the subject of various studies on the image of women within the Renaissance. So she leads z. B. the name for woman from the Hebrew Isciah (Hebrew: ischah), which means fire (Hebrew: esch) from:

“This name shows a heavenly, divine and indestructible fire, the nature of which is to perfect the souls enclosed in our bodies, to spur them on and to enlighten them, that is, to let them participate in the divine perfection and to keep them away from all earthly ugliness. You can see this heavenly fire shining in the body of the female sex [...]. "

The value of her work lies particularly in the implicit argumentation with which she critically questions the prevailing ideas about women in the discourse framework of her time.

literature

  • Anne Dunhill (translation, ed.): The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and Vices of Men University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2000
  • Helen Schüngel-Straumann: “On the history of the impact of biblical texts with regard to the Christian image of women”, in: Dieter R. Bauer (Ed.): Eva - Seductress or God's Masterpiece? Philosophy and the history of women research . Rottenburg - Stuttgart 1987
  • Valeria Ferrari slate: Lucretia Marinella (1571-1653). Woman's beauty, reflection of the divine. Three of her philosophical-theological and women-related writings.

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personal data
SURNAME Marinella, Lucretia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian author
DATE OF BIRTH 1571
DATE OF DEATH 1653