La galería de mujeres de Luigi Dardano para (re)pensar las masculinidades

La bella e dotta difesa delle donne (1554) by Luigi Dardano is positioned as one of the pioneering compositions in defense of women during the Women’s Quarrel in the sixteenth century Italy. The following article’s main objective is to analyze the rhetorical and philosophical strategies that the author uses throughout his writing to deconstruct the masculinity present in the descriptions of some of the best-known male figures in history through his main character, the Roman orator Hortensia, rethinking new ways of reconsidering about masculinities.