Battista Malatesta
Battista Malatesta (c. 1384 – 1448), also known as Battista di Montefeltro, forename also called Baptista, was an Italian Renaissance poet.[1]
Life
Baptista Malatesta was the daughter of
Santa Chiara
, in 1448.
De studiis et litteris
She was a learned woman of the aristocracy who was educated in philosophy and languages, and was a poet and orator. She corresponded with other scholars of her time such as
classical studies are "worthy to be pursued by men and women alike." De studiis et litteris is the earliest known example of a humanist inter-gender dialogue about women's education.[1][4]
The
Emperor Sigismund
, when passing through Urbino in 1433, was greeted by her in a Latin oration, which half a century later was still thought worthy of print.
References
- ^ ISBN 0802833470.
- ^ Bruni d'Arezzo, Leonardo (1912). W.H. Woodward (ed.). Vittorino da Feltre and Other Humanist Educators (Hanover Historical Texts Project ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 119–33.
- ISBN 9004091610.
- ^ Woodward, William Harrison (1920). Vittorino da Feltre and other humanist educators: essays and versions. An introduction to the history of classical education. University of California Libraries.
External links
- Leonardo Bruni letter to Baptista di Montefeltro Leonardo Bruni d'Arezzo De Studiis et Litteris W.H. Woodward, ed., Vittorino da Feltre and Other Humanist Educators (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912), 119-33. Accessed September 2008
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