Sex crimes, honour, and the law in early modern Spain : Vizcaya, 1528-1735 /

Sex crimes, honour, and the law in early modern Spain : Vizcaya, 1528-1735 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Barahona, Renato, 1944-
Imprint:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2003.
Description:	xxi, 274 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English Spanish
Subject:	Sex crimes -- Spain -- History -- Sources. Honor -- Spain -- History -- Sources. Sex customs -- Spain -- History -- Sources. Sex crimes -- Spain -- Vizcaya -- History -- Sources. Honor -- Spain -- Vizcaya -- History -- Sources. Sex customs -- Spain -- Vizcaya -- History -- Sources. History. Sources.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5058921

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Other authors / contributors:	Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid. Sala de Vizcaya.
ISBN:	0802036945
Notes:	Based on approx. 350 lawsuits from the Sala de Vizcaya at the Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid, between 1500 and 1750. Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index. Includes some text in Spanish.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Courtship, Seduction, and Abandonment
2. Carnal Knowledge: The Language of Sex
3. Coercion, Violence, and Subordination
4. A pan y cuchillo: Cohabitation
5. Litigating Honour/Dishonour
Conclusion
Appendix A. Legal Spheres and Sources
Appendix B. Difloration, Dowry, and the Vizcayan Fueros
Appendix C. Cohabitation and the Vizcayan Fueros
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Authors and Subjects
Index of Names in Lawsuits