Talia dixit (Oct 2012)

Del debate a la propaganda política mediante la Querella de las Mujeres en Juan Rodríguez del Padrón, Diego de Valera y Álvaro de Luna

  • Florence Serrano

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7
pp. 97 – 115

Abstract

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This article analyzes three works composed one after another during the reign of John II of Castile, probably in its more unrestrained period, between 1438 and 1446, in the light of the political, cultural and literary background they reveal: Juan Rodríguez del Padrón’s Triunfo de las donas, Diego de Valera’s Defensa de virtuosas mujeres and Álvaro de Luna’s Virtuosas e claras mugeres. These are precious testimonies of different political tendencies which were opposed at that time. In fact, as far as ideology is concerned, the two latest works can be read as rewritings which tend to replace the subversive political lesson contained in Juan Rodríguez del Padrón’s treatise

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