Boccaccio’s Famous Women
Live on-line Course, May 12th – June 4th, 2020
Boccaccio’s Famous Women (De mulieribus claris) is the first collection of biographies devoted exclusively to women. In this Live On-line Course we will focus on this Latin work and will read some surprising biographies, such as those of Thisbe (Pyramus’s beloved), Rhea Ilia (Vestal virgin), Leaena (prostitute), Flora (prostitute, goddess of Flowers and wife of Zephyrus), Cleopatra (Queen of Egypt), Symiamira (Elagabalus’ mother), Joan (Englishwoman and Pope), Camiola (Sienese widow) and others. Sessions, conducted entirely in Latin, have also been tailored to the interests of teachers, students, and devotees of humanistic disciplines world wide. This Course is an ideal opportunity for both students and expert Latinists worldwide who share a passion for Renaissance literature.
| Schedule | Topic |
| Tuesday, 12th May, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De operibus Latinis Iohannis Boccaccii de Certaldo |
| Thursday, 14th May, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | “In eximiam muliebris sexus laudem ac amicorum solatium” |
| Tuesday, 19th May, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De Paulina Romana femina |
| Thursday, 21st May, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De Iohanna Anglica Papa |
| Tuesday, 26th May, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De Camilla Volscorum regina |
| Thursday, 28th May, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De Leena meretrice |
| Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De Nycostrata seu Carmenta Yonii regis filia (Pars I.) |
| Thursday, 4th June, 2020; 17:30-18:45 (UTC+2) | De Nycostrata seu Carmenta Yonii regis filia (Pars II.) |
