LA DONNA È MOBILE…: PORTUGUESE VERSION AND COMMENTARY OF THE ALPHABETICAL POEM ABOUT THE WICKEDNESS OF WOMEN (CANTICUM ALPHABETICUM DE MALA MULIERE, ANONYM, XIII C.E.

Abstract

The theme of misogyny is a frequent literary topic throughout ancient and Medieval Latin literature. It’s our aim to propose a Portuguese version and a literary review of the Alphabetical Poem De Mala Muliere, an anonymous thirteenth‑century text that develops the subject of female wickedness using not only the ancient anti‑female topics, but also new arguments of Christian thinking adapted to the historical context of the Gregorian reform in Western Europe.