Women's Poetry In Spain
Women’s poetry in Spain encompasses the poetic works written by women from the late Middle Ages, medieval period to the present day. Long marginalized within the literary canon, women poets have contributed significantly to Spain’s cultural and intellectual history, often challenging dominant aesthetic, social, and political norms. From early courtly voices and Enlightenment in Spain, Enlightenment authors to Romantic pioneers, avant-garde innovators, and post-dictatorship feminists, their work reflects both creative diversity and the ongoing struggle for recognition. Feminist scholarship and critical recovery projects since the late 20th century have been instrumental in restoring these voices to visibility within literary studies. Historical overview Early Modern Period (15th–18th centuries) The ''Querelle des femmes'', a European debate on women’s intellectual capacity, influenced early Spanish feminist thought. Figures like Christine de Pizan inspired poets such as F ...
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralised authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—once part of the Byzantine Empireâ ...
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