Walter Map (Gualteri Mapes) wrote De nugis curialium in Latin in the court of Henry II, probably in the early 1180s. The text apparently didn’t circulate. It survives in only one manuscript, Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 851 (3041). De nugis curialium is a witty, learned work that satires the courtier’s life, celebrates friendship between men, and protests men’s subservience to women and men’s victimization by women, particularly in marriage.
Dissuasio Valerii ad Rufinum was highly popular in medieval Europe. It’s a poignant plea for a friend’s love and a seminal work of men’s sexed protest. … Read the post Dissuasio Valerii ad Rufinum: speaking truth in love to friend