One of the most interesting expressions of the Renaissance 'querelle des femmes' consists in the debate around the legitimacy of the female government. In this regard, the contributions of modern legal doctrine – in particular, of the French area – have been frequent and valuable. The paper aims at examining the writings of three of the best-known jurists of the sixteenth century: Jean Bodin ("Les six livres de la République", 1576, VI, 5), Pierre Grégoire ("De Republica libri XXVI", 1596, VII, 11) and François Hotman ("Francogallia", 1573, XIX), with a view to representing the complex and contradictory orientation of the modern era with regard to the political empowerment of women, focusing on the construction of an interpretative model which has taken into account the positions both in favour and against the female exercise of the 'ars gubernandi' and which has been subject to uncommon fortune also in the subsequent centuries.
Una delle espressioni più interessanti della 'querelle des femmes' rinascimentale fu il dibattito sulla legittimità del governo femminile. A questo riguardo, i contributi della dottrina giuridica dell’età moderna – in particolare nel regno di Francia – sono stati frequenti e preziosi. Esaminando gli scritti di tre dei più noti giuristi del XVI secolo, Jean Bodin ("Les six livres de la République", 1576, VI, 5), Pierre Grégoire ("De Republica libri XXVI", 1596, VII, 11) e François Hotman ("Francogallia", 1573, XIX), questo articolo intende illustrare il complesso e contraddittorio orientamento dell’epoca moderna in materia di emancipazione politica delle donne, concentrandosi sulla costruzione di un modello interpretativo che tiene conto delle posizioni favorevoli e contrarie all’esercizio dell’'ars gubernandi' da parte delle donne e che godette di un’eccezionale fortuna anche nei secoli successivi.
"Una hirundo non facit ver" (?) ... Note in margine alla disputa rinascimentale "de imperio muliebri"
Cecilia Pedrazza Gorlero
2022-01-01
Abstract
One of the most interesting expressions of the Renaissance 'querelle des femmes' consists in the debate around the legitimacy of the female government. In this regard, the contributions of modern legal doctrine – in particular, of the French area – have been frequent and valuable. The paper aims at examining the writings of three of the best-known jurists of the sixteenth century: Jean Bodin ("Les six livres de la République", 1576, VI, 5), Pierre Grégoire ("De Republica libri XXVI", 1596, VII, 11) and François Hotman ("Francogallia", 1573, XIX), with a view to representing the complex and contradictory orientation of the modern era with regard to the political empowerment of women, focusing on the construction of an interpretative model which has taken into account the positions both in favour and against the female exercise of the 'ars gubernandi' and which has been subject to uncommon fortune also in the subsequent centuries.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.