Review of Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Spain and Portugal. Inquisitors, Doctors and the Transgression of Gender Norms by Francois Soyer

Authors

Ulrich Lehner, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

6-2013

Publisher

Theological Studies, Inc.

Source Publication

Theological Studies

Source ISSN

0040-5639

Abstract

Cases of priests, who claimed to be women in order to conceal their homosexuality, and women, who dressed as men in order to escape their abusive husbands, allow the reader a rare glimpse into the inner lives of post-Tridentine Catholicism.

Comments

Published version. Theological Studies, Vol. 74, No. 2 (June 2013): 525. Publisher Link. © 2013 Theological Studies, Inc. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Lehner, Ulrich, "Review of Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Spain and Portugal. Inquisitors, Doctors and the Transgression of Gender Norms by Francois Soyer" (2013). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 308.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/308