Gendered crime and punishment : : women and/in the Hispanic inquisitions / / by Stacey Schlau.

In Gendered Crime and Punishment , Stacey Schlau mines the Inquisitional archive of Spain and Latin America in order to uncover the words and actions of accused women as transcribed in the trial records of the Holy Office. Although these are mediated texts, filtered through the formulae and norms of...

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Year of Publication:2013
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 49.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 196 pages).
Notes:"Formerly Medieval Iberian Peninsula" -- Series title page.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: Toward a Gendered Approach to Understanding the Hispanic Inquisitions
  • Betwixt and Between: Judaizing Women Face the Inquisition
  • Dangerous Spiritualities: Beatas, Illuminism, and False Religiosity
  • Devil With A Black or Brown Dress On: Holy Women as Ventriloquists of Satan
  • Bewitching Acts: Cures, Love Potions, and Spells
  • Entre cuerpo y alma: Female Sexuality, Out of Control?
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index.