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Lobos Y Perros Rabiosos: The Legacy Of The Inquisition In The Colonization Of New Spain And New Mexico, C. Michael Torres

Student Papers (History)

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Sinners On Trial: Jews And Sacrilege After The Reformation, Magda Teter

Magda Teter

My book, Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation tells a story of the process of affirmation of Catholic dogmas after the Reformation, not necessarily though religious education and propaganda but through the application of criminal law, and the courts' treatment of "the sacred" and, thus, also of the "sacrilege."

"Sinners on Trial" combines political, legal, and cultural historical approaches. In Poland, the contest over the sacredness of the Eucharist, a major Catholic dogma challenged by the Reformation, became manifest in lay courts' adjudication of crimes against property and religious symbols, especially those linked to the Eucharistic rituals. …

"A Disgrace For All Jewish Men:" Preliminary Considerations For The Study Of Wife-Beating In Jewish History, Howard Adelman

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Responses To Issue 16: Towards A Complete Medieval History , Charlotte Newman Goldy

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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