The nobility and excellence of women, and the defects and vices of men Lucrezia Marinella ; edited and translated by Anne Dunhill ; introduction by Letizia Panizza

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Introduction to the Series by Margaret L. King and Albert Rabil Jr. – Acknowledgments. -- Introduction to the Translation by Letizia Panizza with Anne Dunhill. -- The Nobility and Excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men. -- Part I: The Nobility and Excellence of Women. -- Chapter 1: On the Nobility of the Names Given to the Female Sex. -- Chapter 2: The Causes That Produce Women. -- Chapter 3: Of the Nature and Essence of the Female Sex. -- Chapter 4: The Reasons for Men's Noble Treatment of Women and the Things They Say about Women. -- Chapter 5: Of Women's Noble Actions and Virtues, Which Greatly Surpass Men's, as Will Be Proved by Reasoning and Example. -- Chapter 6: A Reply to the Flippant and Vain Reasoning Adopted by Men in Their Own Favor. -- Part II: The Defects and Vices of Men. -- Chapter 4: Of Wrathful, Eccentric, and Brutal Men. -- Chapter 12: Of Obstinate and Pertinacious Men. -- Chapter 13: Of Ungrateful and Discourteous Men. -- Chapter 14: Of Fickle, Inconstant Men. -- Chapter 15: Of Evil Men Who Hate Others Easily. -- Chapter 22: Of Men Who Are Ornate, Polished, Painted, and Bleached. -- Chapter 30: Of Men Who Kill Their Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, and Grandchildren. – Bibliography. -- Index

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