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By Cassandra Fedele

By the tip of the 15th century, Cassandra Fedele (1465-1558), a realized middle-class lady of Venice, was once arguably the main well-known girl author and student in Europe. A cultural icon in her personal time, she frequently corresponded with the king of France, lords of Milan and Naples, the Borgia pope Alexander VI, or even maintained a ten-year epistolary trade with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain that led to a call for participation for her to affix their courtroom. Fedele's letters display the vital, mediating position she occupied in a group of students in a different way inaccessible to ladies. Her special admittance into this group can be highlighted through her presence because the first self sufficient lady author in Italy to talk publicly and, extra importantly, the 1st to handle philosophical, political, and ethical matters in her personal voice. Her 3 public orations and just about all of her letters, translated into English, are provided the following for the 1st time.

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