Maddalena Buonsignori

Maddalena Buonsignori (died 1396), was an Italian law professor at the University of Bologna.[1]

Buonsignori taught jurisprudence from 1380 until the year of her death in 1396.[2] Around this time, other women were given similar opportunities at Bologna University, however, this opportunity was unique to the school.[3] She wrote a Latin treatise, De Legibus Connubialibus, in which she explored the legal status of the women in her time from various points of view. [4]

Biography

According to various sources, such as Antonio Masini in his Bologna perlustrata[5] and Ginevra Canonici Fachini, who cites Giammaria Mazzuchelli[6], Maddalena Buonsignori was born in Bologna and after earning a law degree, she served as a lecturer in law at the University of Bologna from 1380 until her death in 1396.[7][8]

Sources identify her as the wife of Giovanni Bianchetti, also a jurist, which is why she is also known as Maddalena Bianchetti Bonsignori.[9]

Maddalena Buonsignori appears in the video game Tsardoms Total War mod[10] and in the opera The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 6. Rittenhouse Press. 1908. p. 104.
  2. ↑ Jadranka Bentini e G. P. Cammarota, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Catalogo Generale. Dal Duecento a Francesco Francia, vol. V, Bologna, Marsilio, 2004, p. 308
  3. ↑ Porter, Charlotte Endymion (1886). Shakespeariana; a Critical and Contemporary Review of Shakespearian Literature, Volume 3. New York: L. Scott Publishing Company. p. 498. maddalena buonsignori on marriage laws.
  4. ↑ Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 6. Rittenhouse Press. 1908. p. 104.
  5. ↑ Masini, Antonio (1666). Bologna Perlustrata (in Italian). Benacci.
  6. ↑ "Prospetto biografico delle donne italiane/Biografia delle donne italiane/Secolo XIV - Wikisource". it.wikisource.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  7. ↑ "Busto di dama bolognese illustre - Maddal..." Digital Humanities (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  8. ↑ Italy), Pinacoteca nazionale (Bologna; Bentini, Jadranka (2004). Pinacoteca nazionale di Bologna: catalogo generale (in Italian). Marsilio. ISBN 978-88-317-8467-2.
  9. ↑ Orlandi, Pellegrino Antonio (1714). Notizie degli scrittori bolognesi e dell' opere loro stampate e manoscritte (in Italian). C. Pisarri.
  10. ↑ "Tsardoms - Humanist Ancillaries news". ModDB. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  11. ↑ "Components of The Dinner Party". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 2026-02-10. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
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