Ferme V. Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. — 203 p.Galeotto: A Prologue by Way of the Proem
Contested Interlude: The Plague
Pampinea’s “Honorable” Leadership in the Decameron
Sicurano da Finale and Paganino da Mare: of Corsairs, Merchants, and Identity in the Late Middle Ages
Giletta of Narbonne: Chastity and Matrimony on the Day of Sexual Excesses
“Love and Death”: Male Authority and the Threat of Violence Under Filostrato’s Rule
Fiammetta’s Revolution: Honor, Love, and Marriage on Day V