The 'Catalan Hermaphrodite' and the Inquisition
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The 'Catalan Hermaphrodite' and the Inquisition

Early Modern Sex and Gender on Trial

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The 'Catalan Hermaphrodite' and the Inquisition

Early Modern Sex and Gender on Trial

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This book examines the life of Maria Duran, who was born with female genitalia, but was accused of being a man and subsequently put on trial for sorcery by the Portuguese Inquisition during the 18th century. François Soyer uses Maria's story to open a window onto the world of the experience of 'transing' gender, as well as the gendered attitudes and responses to the transgression of gendered norms that were adopted by churchmen, medical practitioners and ordinary lay men and women. Drawing on the surviving (and staggeringly 736-page long) sorcery trial dossier, Soyer analyses the secretive life of an individual who actively and deliberately 'transed' gender. The dossier analysis enables insights into aspects of life so rarely recorded in early modern documents: the transgression of gender norms, transgressive sexuality and sexual violence in female religious institutions, in addition to the fears and debates about the power that the Devil could wield over the human body. The 'Catalan Hermaphrodite' and the Inquisition also reveals how the Inquisition gathered a number of doctors, surgeons and midwives to conduct careful examinations of Maria's body in general and genitals in particular. Their reports and the discussions of the inquisitors are discussed by Soyer and offer further fascinating evidence of attitudes towards sex and gender in early modern Europe.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9781350377615
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Maps
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Chronology of the Life and Trial of Maria Duran
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Maps
  12. Introduction
  13. Part I The Remarkable Life of Maria Duran
  14. Part II The Maria Duran Mystery: Transgressive Sexuality, Transing Gender and Gender Performativity in the Trial of Maria Duran
  15. Epilogue
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. Copyright Page