This paper tries to give an overall view of the ever present dichotomy
affecting the view of women in the medieval period, with especial attention
focused on XHI and XIV centuries. The clerical misoginy spread hundreds
of years before by the Church Fathers is re-taken at this point in pieces of
literature of outstanding importance, where women are offered a ultimate
solution to avoid their ill consideration: virginity and entire devotion to holy
matters. Poems in the vein of courtly literature and fabliaux show the
dichotomy reflected in a more worldly vision of women.
