Homosexualidad femenina y masculina en relación con el delito de sortilegios

  1. María Jesús Torquemada 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Zeitschrift:
eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies

ISSN: 1540-5877

Datum der Publikation: 2014

Ausgabe: 26

Seiten: 87-116

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies

Zusammenfassung

Witchcraft and homosexuality have been punished by different legal systems throughout the centuries. However, most of the legal codes have devoted very few lines to lesbian women when compared to homosexual men ́s constant and patent criminalization. We analyze in this work two lawsuits dealing with homosexual people who were prosecuted for superstition by the Spanish Inquisition. The way in which the law and the Holly Office delt with their deeds and behavior, as well as their neighbors ́ opinion about them, are evidenced in the proceedings of both cases