Olympia Morata : the complete writings of an Italian heretic

311 Pages·2003·1.489 MB·English, Latin

by  Morata, Olympia Fulvia, Parker, Holt N

THE COMPLETE WRITINGS
OF AN ITALIAN HERETIC
THE
OTHER VOICE
IN
EARLY MODERN
EUROPE
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Olympia Morata
T H E C O M P L E T E W R I T I N G S
O F A N I TA L I A N H E R E T I C
(cid:2)
Edited and Translated
by Holt N. Parker
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Chicago & London
OlympiaFulviaMorata,1526/27–55
HoltN.ParkerisFellowoftheAmericanAcademyinRomeandassociateprofessor
ofclassicsattheUniversityofCincinnati.Hehaspublishedwidelyinthe
areasofancientgenderandsexualityandtheGreekandLatinauthors.
TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago60637
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Morata,OlympiaFulvia,1526–1555.
[Works.English]
ThecompletewritingsofanItalianheretic/editedandtranslatedbyHoltN.Parker.
p. cm.—(TheothervoiceinearlymodernEurope)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
WorkstranslatedfromtheLatin.
ISBN0-226-53668-8(hard:alk.paper)—ISBN0-226-53669-6(pbk.:alk.paper)
1.Morata,OlympiaFulvia,1526–1555. 2.Humanists—Italy—Biography. 3.Women
intellectuals—Italy—Biography. 4.Reformation—Biography. I.Title:Completewritingsofan
Italianheretic. II.Parker,HoltN. III.Title. IV.series.
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PARENTIBUS
PIISSIMIS
AMANTISSIMIS
—Isa.51:1–2

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Editors’ Introduction to the Series xi
Key to Abbreviations xxxiii
Introduction: Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526/27–55) 1
I OlympiaMorata:WorksandLetters
Documents 61
Dedications 65
Juvenilia:Ferrara,c.1539–41,Age12–14 75
Letters:Italy 84
Letters:Germany 104
Poetry 178
Psalms 184
II WritingsaboutOlympiaMorataorinHonorofHer
LettersaftertheDeathofOlympiaMorata 195
PoemsinHonorofOlympiaMorataWrittenduringHerLifetime 208
EpitaphsbyLearnedMen 214
TheTombstones 224
Volume Editor’s Bibliography 227
Series Editors’ Bibliography 245
Biblical References Index 257
Classical References Index 261
General Index 263

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ResearchforthisbookbeganduringaFellowshipattheAmericanAcad-
emyinRome.IwishtothanktheAmericanAcademyandtheNational
EndowmentfortheHumanities.Furthersupportwasprovidedbygenerous
grantsfromtheSempleFundoftheUniversityofCincinnati.
MygreatestthanksareduetothesuperblibrariansoftheJohnMiller
BurnamClassicalLibrary,JeanWellingtonandMichaelBraunlin.Theirpa-
tienceandhelpfulnessingettingobscurevolumesandmicrofilmswasinex-
haustibleandinvaluable.
IamgratefultoAlbertRabil,editorof“TheOtherVoiceinEarlyMod-
ern Europe,” and Sandra Hazel, of the University of Chicago Press, who
havedoneHerculeanlaborsinbringingthisbooktoprint.Thanksalsoto
BrianSowersforhelpwithproofreadingandindexing.
TheeditionofMorata’sworksbyDoctorProfessorRainerKösslingand
GertrudeWeiss-Stählin(1990)hasbeenamodelofpresentation.Iamalso
indebted to Doctor Professor Kössling for having sent me a copy of the
extremelyraretextofletter61.
Finally,mythankstoBarbaraBurrell:“Is[illae]eruditionemsingularem,
moresquecastissimosadmiratus,eam(quaevicissimnihilinhominepraeter
ingenii dotes admiretur) uxorem delegit, sibique pulchro connubio cop-
ulavit.”
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