ǂil ǂcaso di Margherita Farnese
Valeria Finucci (Author)

Abstract

The paper examines the case of Margherita Farnese, whose marriage to Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in 1581 had to be annulled because of a problematic sexual anatomy. As the the body of a rich, young and appropriately chaste princess suddenly started to be perceived as deviant so doctors from various courts converged to Mantua and Parma to give their opinion on what makes a female body typical. In working through the problematics of normal/subversive, I will discuss the medical discovery (actually, recovery) in the Renaissance of specific information about constitutive parts of the female sexual apparatus, the Church's take on what makes a marriage valid; the politicians' need to guarantee an ordered successionč and the cultural hysteria coming from an inconvenient 'hyster'

Keywords

chastity;virginity;body malformation;valid marriage;Acquapendente;sexuality;

Data

Language: Italian
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UP - University of Primorska
Publisher: Zgodovinsko društvo za Južno Primorsko
UDC: 177-055.2:347.627(450)"654"
COBISS: 1407955 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1318-0185
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary title: il caso di Margherita Farnese
Secondary keywords: spodobnost;deviškost;malformacija;zakonska zveza;Acquapendente;spolnost;
URN: URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 385-398
Volume: ǂLetn. ǂ15
Issue: ǂšt. ǂ2
Chronology: 2007
ID: 1739293
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