1st Edition
Women, Crime, and Forgiveness in Early Modern Portugal
By Darlene Abreu-Ferreira
Copyright 2015
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study demonstrates the extent to which judicial and quasi-judicial records can be used to examine the implications of crime in women’s lives, whether as victims or culprits. The foundational basis for this study is two sets of manuscript sources that highlight two distinct yet connected... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Querelas and Perdões de Parte for Physical Injuries and Homicide; Chapter 3 Querelas and Perdões de Parte for Sexual Crimes; Chapter 4 Conclusion;
Biography
Darlene Abreu-Ferreira is Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.
"Darlene Abreu-Ferreira’s book demonstrates that the perception of women’s invisibility in documental sources is not due so much to any lack of documentation or to the kind of data recorded, but to their investigators’ angle of inquiry." -Vanda Anastácio, University of Lisbon, Portugal
