Homosexualidad femenina y masculina en relación con el delito de sortilegios
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 1540-5877
Argitalpen urtea: 2014
Alea: 26
Orrialdeak: 87-116
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies
Laburpena
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