{"product_id":"the-excellence-and-nobility-of-jehan-baptista-houwaert-9781649591401","title":"The Excellence and Nobility of Women: A Defense of Women (1582-1583) for the Women of Belgica. a Bilingual Edition Volume 115","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first published defense of women by a Netherlandish author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jehan Baptista Houwaert's \u003ci\u003eExcellence and Nobility of Women\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes the eighth book of his\u003ci\u003e Plain of the Nine Muses, or The Pleasure Garden of Virtuous Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1582-1583), an immense conduct book for women in rhymed verse based on the many \u003ci\u003equerelle \u003c\/i\u003etexts of the French and Burgundian tradition but especially, in its French translation, on the pathbreaking \u003ci\u003eDeclamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex\u003c\/i\u003e (1529) by Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like its model, Houwaert's work asserts not merely the equality but the superiority of women. It is unique in that it is addressed not to a wealthy noblewoman or princess, as were most such defenses, but more democratically to the \"girls, unmarried women, wives, and widows of Belgica\"--all of them! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jehan Baptista Houwaert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1649591403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649591401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Iter Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jehan Baptista Houwaert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927883272447,"sku":"9781649591401","price":57.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b2d9aa7-d1e3-4c73-873f-257790ceea97.jpg?v=1749373265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-excellence-and-nobility-of-jehan-baptista-houwaert-9781649591401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}