The Archpriest of Talavera is the authorial voice within Alonso Martínez de Toledo’s book now known as The Archpriest of Talavera. It’s alternate titled Corbacho o Reprobación del amor mundano. That book was written in Spanish and finished in 1438. It’s a seminal work in the literature of men’s sexed protest.
Dilating on De amore, the medieval Archpriest of Talavera includes mimesis of woman’s speech — realistic, in-character utterances of a wildly comic woman. … Read the post medieval mimesis of woman’s speech in Archpriest of Talavera
In Libro de buen amor, Talavera clergy protest a mandate of celibacy. A century later, Martínez de Toledo’s Archpriest of Talavera taught them celibacy. … Read the post Talavera clergy strongly opposed celibacy
In the measure of mortal human life, the Archpriest of Talavera clearly was wrong. In Spain in 1438, the end of the world was not near. … Read the post Spain, 1438: end of the world is near, says Archpriest of Talavera
Ignorant of Ovidian learning, Suero de Quinones in 1434 occupied a bridge with nine of his fellow knights. The Archpriest of Talavera knew better. … Read the post Suero de Quinones shows the social disaster of chivalry
Alonso Martínez de Toledo’s Archpriest of Talavera offers instructive exempla to help men overcome their natural inferiority in guile. … Read the post Archpriest of Talavera instructs men in guile
Gestural philology reveals that pioneering twelfth-century author Marie de France stimulated the palm-inward v-sign in the Archpriest of Talavera’s work. … Read the post gestural philology of palm-inward v-sign
Humankind’s best hope for lessening violence against men is to study the blunt, lusty, irreverently truthtelling Archpriest of Talavera. Women are key. … Read the post the Archpriest of Talavera on women and violence against men