Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Spain and Portugal
Inquisitors, Doctors and the Transgression of Gender Norms
Biographical note
François Soyer, Ph.D. (2007), University of Cambridge, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is currently a lecturer in early modern history at Southampton (UK) and an Australian Research Council research fellow at the University of Adelaide (Australia).
Readership
This book will be of interest to scholars working in early modern European history, the history of medicine, gender and sexuality studies, micro-history and cultural history.
Table of contents
List of Illustrations .. vii
Acknowledgements.. ix
Note to the Reader.. xi
Maps. xiii
Introduction.. 1
1 Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Transgressions in Early Modern Spain and Portugal.. 17
2 Inquisitors and Hermaphrodites… 50
3 “A Woman Married as a Man”: The Trial of Francisco Roca (1649–1650).. 96
4 “Father Paula”: The Trial of Father Pedro Furtado (1698–1701)…125
5 The “She-Man” of Ervedal: The Trial of Joseph “Josepha” Martins (1725)… 181
6 Sister Maria’s Secret Penis: The Trial of Maria Duran (1741–1744).. 210
Conclusion… 286
Appendix… 305
Bibliography… 315
Acknowledgements.. ix
Note to the Reader.. xi
Maps. xiii
Introduction.. 1
1 Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Transgressions in Early Modern Spain and Portugal.. 17
2 Inquisitors and Hermaphrodites… 50
3 “A Woman Married as a Man”: The Trial of Francisco Roca (1649–1650).. 96
4 “Father Paula”: The Trial of Father Pedro Furtado (1698–1701)…125
5 The “She-Man” of Ervedal: The Trial of Joseph “Josepha” Martins (1725)… 181
6 Sister Maria’s Secret Penis: The Trial of Maria Duran (1741–1744).. 210
Conclusion… 286
Appendix… 305
Bibliography… 315
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