The Patient Griselda Myth

Front matter

Madeline Rüegg The Patient Griselda Myth

Madeline Rüegg

The Patient Griselda Myth

Part I: Griselda—From ambiguous fictive character to the

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 embodiment of various ideals — 37 Griselda in Boccaccio — 39 Griselda in Petrarch — 55 Griselda: A true historical figure? —— 67 Griselda: The ideal Christian — 78 Griselda: The ideal wife — 103

Part Il: The socio-political implications of social exogamy — 215

Part Ill: The state-as-household metaphor and tyranny in the patient Griselda myth, between political criticism and literary convention as propaganda — 293

Index — 407