In Defense Of Women

In the process of defending women by stating that both women and men sin, he emphasizes that everyone is forgiven for Eve's sin through baptism. It is not a surprise then, that the first virtuous woman he begins with is The Virgin Mary.
Conclusion
The three works focus on the topic of being forgiven for one's sins. While the standard frame in medieval works included religious citations to prove one's arguments, the topic of the act of contrition is central to the defenses of women cannot be overlooked in these works, because the men who defame women commit a sin and must repent. Their belief in contrition is verification that the authors were Christian and thus noble and chivalrous. While this may have been a standard element of their works, it certainly helped promote a propaganda that set certain standards for the definition of nobles. They argued that true nobles should behave as chivalrous men by emphasizing and using arguments and examples that Christian doctrine includes. This behavior included the defense of women since to defend women was a Christian responsibility according to the authors. …show more content…
The association between chivalry and Christianity and thus nobility is present in all three works. The author was demonstrating proper chivalrous behavior as reflected in him by writing favorably about women, thereby living up to an ideal of what defined nobility.
These works, primarily written during the years leading up to Isabel’s reign helped advance her rise to power. The benefit was twofold: first she was able to put forward a positive image of a strong female monarch; and second, thanks to the weakness of Enrique IV and his questionable associations with Muslims and Conversos, the need for clarification of who was a noble became a tool that helped her unite the population under the union of the Catholic