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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

Gesta Romanorum

Gesta Romanorum is Latin story-collection, with each story having an application or allegorization. Some evidence suggests that a Franciscan cleric wrote it late in the thirteenth century. It was known by the early fourteenth century. It was one of the most widely known books within the European Middle Ages. Gesta Romanorum is an open work. It lacks one master version, although many stories are common across most versions.

hear, see, and keep quiet if you want to live in peace

“Hear, see, and keep quiet if you want to live in peace {Audi, vidi, tace, si tu vis vivere pace}” is medieval wisdom of men’s sexed protest. … Read the post hear, see, and keep quiet if you want to live in peace

bawdy medieval version of The Merchant of Venice’s pound of flesh

The bawdy pound-of-flesh motif in the Gesta Romanorum illustrates the moral range of Shakespeare’s medieval sources for The Merchant of Venice. … Read the post bawdy medieval version of The Merchant of Venice’s pound of flesh

rise of the all-powerful chess queen & Gratien Dupont’s protest

In 16th-century France, Gratien Dupont created Controverses that challenged gynocentric oppression indicated in the chess queen’s rise to dominance on the chessboard. … Read the post rise of the all-powerful chess queen & Gratien Dupont’s protest

wife caused nightingale’s death, anxious husband killed for it

Gesta Romanorum and Marie de France’s Laustic teach that men’s lack of self-confidence in love contributes to the allure of the nightingale’s song. … Read the post wife caused nightingale’s death, anxious husband killed for it

monk, naval chaplain & financial journalist review Gesta Romanorum

Charles Swan, later a British naval chaplain, and Wynnard Hooper, later Financial Editor of The Times (London), greatly shaped modern reception of Gesta Romanorum. … Read the post monk, naval chaplain & financial journalist review Gesta Romanorum

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