The Place of the Woman in the World Based on Peace, the Pax Series by Ferenc Pápai Páriz Cover Image

A nő „helye” Pápai Páriz Ferenc békére alapozott világában / Pax-sorozatában
The Place of the Woman in the World Based on Peace, the Pax Series by Ferenc Pápai Páriz

Author(s): Zsuzsánna Dohi
Subject(s): Hungarian Literature
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Pápai Páriz Ferenc; the Pax-series; literature for usage; the woman`s profile; devotional literature of the 17th century;

Summary/Abstract: The present study intends to answer the question regarding the role and place of the woman, the profile of the ideal woman used in the unique Pax-series. After the presentation of the series itself follows the individual study of the prefaces as four of the Pax-es have female protectors that implies the existence of praising tropes. The prefaces create a well-known female profile; the protectors are enhanced with positive characteristics according to the century’s expectations. In the same time, it creates a slightly different ideal woman profile on the pages of Pax Aualae, one that resembles a lot the portrait of the ideal man, the rules presented in the introductory parts of the volume.

  • Issue Year: LXXXI/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1-10
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian