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| Preface to the Second Edition |
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| Corrigenda |
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| Introduction |
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| Part I: Women in the Public Arena |
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Letter to Jacopo dal Verme |
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33 | (2) |
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Oration to the Emperor Sigismund |
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35 | (4) |
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Battista da Montefeltro Malatesta |
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Oration to Bianca Maria Visconti |
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39 | (3) |
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Oration to the people of Camerino |
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42 | (2) |
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Oration in honor of her mother Bianca Maria, Duchess of Milan |
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44 | (2) |
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Oration to Pope Pius II in the Consistory of Cardinals, Mantua 1459 |
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46 | (2) |
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Oration to the Ruler of Venice, Francesco Venier, on the arrival of the Queen of Poland |
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48 | (5) |
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| Part II: Women on Women and Learning |
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Letter to Cecilia Gonzaga |
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53 | (2) |
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Letter to isotta Nogarola |
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55 | (2) |
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Of the Equal of Unequal Sin of Adam and Eve |
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57 | (12) |
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Oration for Bertucio Lamberto, Receiving the Honors of the Liberal Arts |
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69 | (5) |
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Oration in Praise of Letters |
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74 | (3) |
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Letter to Augustinius Aemilius, Curse Against the Ornamentation of Women |
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77 | (4) |
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Letter to Bibulus Sempronius, Defense of the Liberal Instruction of Women |
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81 | (4) |
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Letter to Lucilia Vernacula, Against Women Who Disparage Learned Women |
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85 | (2) |
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(a) Alessandra Scala to Cassandra (b) Cassandra to Alessandra |
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87 | (4) |
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| Part III: Men to Women |
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Letter to the virgin Cecilia Gonzage, on Fleeing this Worldly Life |
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91 | (15) |
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Letter to Contanza Barbaro, his Daughter |
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106 | (5) |
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Letter to Isotta Nogarola |
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111 | (6) |
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Letter to Isotta Nogarola |
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117 | (5) |
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Letter to Silvestro Cereta, Father of Laura Cetera |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (2) |
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Encomium to Cassandra Fedele |
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126 | (2) |
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Letter to Cassandra Fedele |
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128 | (3) |
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| Notes |
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131 | (26) |
| Bibliography |
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157 | (10) |
| Index |
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