Inquisition, Slavery and Transing Gender in Renaissance Portugal
The Trial of Antonio, alias Vitoria
Inquisition, Slavery and Transing Gender in Renaissance Portugal
The Trial of Antonio, alias Vitoria
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Description
This book provides a microhistory that focuses on a truly remarkable document: the trial of Antonio/Vitoria, an enslaved African prosecuted by the Inquisition in Lisbon in 1556-7 for the act of sodomy. Through an examination of the inquisitorial trial dossier, François Soyer shares rare insights into queer sexuality and gender fluidity as well as the responses that they provoked in an early modern context. Furthermore, the book includes the first edition of the trial dossier in its original Portuguese as well as the first translation of this exceptional document into modern English.
Inquisition, Slavery and Transing Gender in Renaissance Portugal combines deep archival work with cutting-edge gender analysis and an invaluable translated primary source. It also explores early modern racial dynamics by reflecting on Antonio/Vitoria's condition as a black slave in a predominantly white European society and the impact that on how events unfolded.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Lisbon, 1556: The Global European Metropolis and its Africans
2. 'Why do you claim to be a Black Woman?' First Denunciations in Lisbon
3. 'The Black Man was dressed in Women's Clothing': Antonio/Vitoria's Arrest in the Azores
4. The 'Abominable Sin': Inquisition and Sodomy in 16th-Century Portugal
5. 'He stated that he was a Woman': Inquisitorial Trial and Sentencing (1557)
6. Analysis
Conclusion
Part II: The Trial
Transcription of the Trial Dossier
Translation of the Trial Dossier
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 13 May 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781350653771 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 8 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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