Andreas Capellanus’s De amore categorically declares themes of men’s protest of women while invoking tedium, insincerity, and lack of reciprocity. … Read the post De amore dialogically manipulated men’s protest of women
Lamentationes Matheoluli, Matheolus’s response to abuse from the church and his wife, is a masterpiece of medieval Latin literature of men’s sexed protest. … Read the post Matheolus: medieval Latin literature protesting church & wife
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
Secundus the Silent Philosopher shows disastrous consequences of men seeking knowledge about women and men’s troubled sense of being & social position. … Read the post Secundus the Silent Philosopher on men’s troubles
Written by Saint Jerome, Theophrastus’ Golden Book on Marriage {Aureolus liber de nuptiis} inconceivably tells women what men want. … Read the post Theophrastus’s Golden Book on Marriage: Jerome’s creativity