Veturia in the Perigynaecon: the Defence of the Homeland as a Feminine Virtue for Mario Equicola
Abstract
In 1501, Mario Equicola completed the Perigynaecon, the only philogynist work that the humanist from Alvito composed in his lifetime. This treatise was conceived with a clear instrumental purpose, as the author wished to enter the service of Isabella d’Este, marquise consort of Mantua. Precisely for this reason, behind each of the topics Equicola presents and behind each of the exemplary women he mentions to extol the value of women throughout history, it is possible to establish more or less clear similarities with the problems Isabella had to face in her first decade at the court of Mantua. In this article I analyse the role that Veturia plays within the cast of exemplary women of the Perigynaecon and delve into some of the reasons that might have led Equicola to choose to include Coriolanus’ mother among the women he alludes to in his treatise.
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