Gendered crime and punishment
Subtitle: women and/in the Hispanic inquisitions
By: by Stacey Schlau
Series: Medieval and early modern Iberian world -- 49
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789004235878
Subjects: Inquisition; Sociological aspects; Social conditions; Women; Female offenders; History
Description: In Gendered Crime and Punishment, Stacey Schlau examines the trial records of several women accused before the Hispanic Inquisitions, in order to shed light not only on their words and actions, but also on the ideological underpinnings and mechanisms of the societies in which they lived.
Notes: "Formerly Medieval Iberian Peninsula" -- Series title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : toward a gendered approach to understanding the Hispanic inquisitions; title: Betwixt and between : Judaizing women face the Inquisition; title: Dangerous spiritualities : beatas, illuminism, and false religiosity; title: Devil with a brown or black dress on : holy women as ventriloquists of Satan; title: Bewitching acts : cures, love potions, and spells; title: Entre cuerpo y alma : female sexuality, out of control?; title: Epilogue.