Women, Crime, and Forgiveness in Early Modern Portugal

Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor Darlene Abreu-Ferreira is Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. Klappentext Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study uses judicial and quasi-judicial records to examine the implications of crime in women's lives, whether as victims or culprits. Abreu-Ferreira unearths material from archival records not available in English to offer a unique contribution to the history of crime and the history of women. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;

Product details

• Authors: Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, Abreu-Ferreira Darlene
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2015
• EAN: 9781472442314
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-4231-4
• No. of pages: 249
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Portugal, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Portugal