If anyone thought that the publication of women's magazines, such as Marie Claire and many others, have been linked to the recognition of women in society, I am sorry to tell you that you are wrong. The first magazine, or publication, for women dates back to 1457 , when women were still subject to men.
This manuscript was discovered, by chance, by the Canadian professor James Weldon from Wilfrid Laurier University, while doing research at the Naples Library. There are 73 pages of a type of paper made of linen, written in English and illustrated with various drawings in many colors.
The fact of suggesting that it is «a magazine for women » is due to its content:140 recipes for cooking (such as one to preserve pears, use of spices...), medicine (including recommendations for women in labor), home recipes (how to make paste for sealing wax)... and others unclassifiable (how to get a rabbit out of its hole). In addition, to liven up the reading, stories were interspersed.
Some of the annotations, such as the use of cinnamon, reveal that it was aimed at women of the aristocracy or wealthy (cinnamon was an expensive spice and difficult to obtain) and of a certain cultural level (since there were few women who knew how to read ).
Besides, he didn't carry court gossip.
Source:thestar, Medievalnews
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