The Catholic Church’s influence on women’s conditions and lifestyle in Europe an historical work starting from the Early Modern Age

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dc.contributor.advisor Delogu, Giulia it_IT
dc.contributor.author Pelizzari, Noemi <1998> it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-02 it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-22T11:18:45Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-22T11:18:45Z
dc.date.issued 2022-10-20 it_IT
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10579/22663
dc.description.abstract This Thesis aims to analyze and study how various and disparate factors have influenced women’s conditions and lifestyle since the most ancient eras and, more specifically, since the Early Modern Age. Among these factors also appeared a secular institution, the Catholic Church, which, with its beliefs and teachings, has often discriminated women, precluding them from obtaining and benefiting from social, economic and political rights. The Early Modern Age has been an era of discoveries and general developments for Europe; however, these changes and advances did not touch every single sphere of the Europeans’ lives, especially that of women. Indeed, during this era, the Catholic’s perpetuation of a distorted idea of females, based on the biblical narratives about Eve and her betray of God, acted as an additional gender discriminating element for women, who were already regarded as second-level human beings and thus not able to enjoy the same rights and privileges men had at the time. This Church’s misrepresentation of women during the Early Modern Age was also at the basis of the development of an actual and structural war against them with the fomentation of witch hunts and witch trials, led by the Tribunal of the Inquisition. The living situation of women started to change only in the Modern Era not due to external causes but because of the acknowledgement by women themselves of all the discriminations and injustices that they were subjected to since the most ancient times. Besides fighting against social and cultural traditions, women also had to clear various Christian beliefs that have helped maintain a patriarchal and misogynistic view upon society. Some of these Catholic’s pillars, like for instance the ban of abortion, continue to discriminate and preclude women from joining their rights also in our contemporary era, as we can observe in certain areas of Europe which are still highly subjugated by these religious beliefs. it_IT
dc.language.iso en it_IT
dc.publisher Università Ca' Foscari Venezia it_IT
dc.rights © Noemi Pelizzari, 2022 it_IT
dc.title The Catholic Church’s influence on women’s conditions and lifestyle in Europe an historical work starting from the Early Modern Age it_IT
dc.title.alternative The Catholic Church’s influence on women’s conditions and lifestyle in Europe - An historical work starting from the Early Modern Age it_IT
dc.type Master's Degree Thesis it_IT
dc.degree.name Relazioni internazionali comparate it_IT
dc.degree.level Laurea magistrale it_IT
dc.degree.grantor Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali Comparati it_IT
dc.description.academicyear 2021-2022_appello_171022 it_IT
dc.rights.accessrights openAccess it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno 888105 it_IT
dc.subject.miur M-STO/07 STORIA DEL CRISTIANESIMO E DELLE CHIESE it_IT
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dc.provenance.upload Noemi Pelizzari (888105@stud.unive.it), 2022-10-02 it_IT
dc.provenance.plagiarycheck Giulia Delogu (giulia.delogu@unive.it), 2022-10-17 it_IT


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