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3 unusual facts about Isotta Nogarola


Isotta Nogarola

She lived in celibacy and solitude, becoming devoutly religious, choosing instead to submerge herself in God and the Bible rather than humanism.

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The two would debate over philosophical questions, most famously over whose sin was greater: Adam's or Eve's.

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Her most influential work was a performance piece, "Dialogue on Adam and Eve", in which she discussed the relative sinfulness of Adam and Eve and thereby opening up a centuries-long debate in Europe on gender and the nature of woman.


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