The Renaissance: The Roles Of Women During The Renaissance

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Name Date How did the Italian Renaissance ideas spread northward and how were they transformed in France or England? Introduction Between the 14th and 16th century, Italy went through what they termed as Renaissance which was characterized by several changes in the country. As described in Italy, Renaissance means rebirth or rebuilding of a given societal role. The transition of the country came from the medieval to the early European period where different normal operations of the society were greatly altered. Before the rebirth process began, the Italians had the desire to rebuild some of their greatest being thus the creation of the Renaissance process.

Wollstonecraft believes that if women have the same opportunities as men and proper training in math, philosophy, and science, then they could become productive and influential members of society. Additionally, Wollstonecraft argues that marriage is no better than prostitution. In fact, women should not just marry and be slaves to their husbands, whether it is mentally, emotionally, or sexually. Wollstonecraft’s insightful diction signifies that sex meant physical attraction, and she argues that physical attraction could never sustain a marriage. In her mind, a thriving marriage is one where a man admires a woman’s mind and supports her individualistic morals.

Women accepted their role and position in the society. A woman’s role implied that she does not question the laws of Florentine society because these laws were placed for men to keep their dominance over women. Women resisted domination and claimed their rights, but it was very challenging because the church laws, constitutional laws, and communal laws enslaved them. This document provides the feminist position to examine the world of Renaissance in Florence. Women could not distinguish themselves in the artistic, political, and scientific movement of the Renaissance world.

Their reproductive capabilities was extremely important for inheritances and for maintaining the family line. From the renaissance (c.a. 1400-1600) which is known as the age of enlightenment, to the eighteenth century, women were considered to be inferior to men but the condition of women started to gradually improve. They were able to speak in front of the public. These conditions were written in certain books and the writings of figures such as Mary Wollstone Craft.

Wollstonecraft wonders how someone as Rousseau “lowers his sentiments when describing women and interprets his words as the rationalization that women are in fact, considered either moral beings, or extremely weak that they must be entirely subject to “the supreme faculties of men. Therefore, there is a contradiction in Rousseau’s words, why women should not receive education, if they are equal to

Although occupied few jobs for very low pay, women were still not considered a part of the work force and they did not have any formal workplace rights and usually faced discrimination and unfair treatment from the other gender. It was not until 1963 the Feminine Mystique was written and published by Betty Friedan which was claimed to start the women’s rights movement of the 1960s “The Feminine Mystique is remembered as the book that “started” the women 's movement and 1960s feminism in the United States.” In her book Friedan described her life as a typical housewife of the 1960s, she argued that women’s role was not just to be housewives and do housework, but instead they are a lot more important than that; she also called women to recognize their potential, to speak up and to aspire to work in professional jobs and become equal to men, “She also helped advance the women’s rights movement as one of the founders of the National

Renaissance, which means “rebirth” in French, might be defined as the awakening of art, literature, architecture and learning in Europe between fourteenth and mid-sixteenth centuries through the contribution of classical sources. Despite the fact that it was originated in Italy, it started to spread throughout Europe and contributed to the transition from the Medieval Age to the modern one. Proponents of this movement emphatically connected themselves with the values of classical antiquity, especially as seen in the recently rediscovered works of art of writing and history. Additionally, they had a tendency to separate themselves from works written in the Middle Ages, a historical period they looked upon rather negatively. According to them, the Middle Ages were set in the "center" of two significantly profitable periods.

Both Martin Luther and John Calvin were responsible for continuing the generic housewife role of women. They both believed that women had a very distinct role in society which was to be cheerful and follow and respect their partners. They also believed that they had little to no role in society or education and should only focus on being a good housewife, because of their inferiority to men. These ideas are continuous in the time period of the Protestant reformation through the Enlightenment because many of these ideas have been voiced by enlightenment thinkers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant are two of the enlightenment thinkers who continued to express the ideas that women were inferior to men.

“Short sighted desire” has “subjected many” women, as well as made them unable to control oneself. Thus, suppressing one’s desires is important for Wollstonecraft: it is required in order for women to perceive the education, which is a way of gaining the equal right with men. Both texts, Zofloya, or the Moor (1806) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), deal with desires and their suppression. In Zofloya, or the Moor, Charlotte Dacre shows what can happen if the desires take over a woman. All social liberties, which a woman can obtain by not performing the gender-constructed role that requires her to fully suppress her desires, can be lost if one follows her desires unlimitedly.

Raphael and his Madonnas Introduction Italian Renaissance Renaissance (French), or in Italian, means “rebirth”, a new beginning. This term is used to call this period from late 14th century to 16th century. Humanism plays a principal role in the Renaissance period. The value, potential and accomplishment of human being, both individually and collectively, was emphasized by many philosophers at the time. Classic antiquity thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle and Vitruvius were regaining respects.