Chapter 21
Notes on women and the law in the novel Los amores de Clareo y
Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso
This paper analyses some of the aspects relating to
women and the law in the first Byzantine novel published in Spain in 1552,
Los amores de Clareo y Florisea y los trabajos de la sin ventura
Isea, written by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso, the first nineteen
chapters of which were inspired by the Greek novel written by Achilles
Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. In particular, it studies
the female models embodied in the novel and in addition, some of the legal
realia found in the work, such as matrimony, adultery
and the presumed death of an absent spouse, all of which are legal precepts
that determine the destiny of the two main characters, together with an
analysis of whether Reinoso’s novel contains any reference to Castilian
regulatory laws of the time, regarding these legal issues.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The Spanish Byzantine novel
- 3.Alonso Núñez de Reinoso and his novel
Los amores de Clareo y Florisea
- 4.Women and the law in Los amores de Clareo y
Florisea
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Notes
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Bibliography