The inquisitorial trial of a cross-dressing lesbian: reactions and responses to female homosexuality in 18th-century Portugal
This article analyzes the inquisitorial trial of Maria Duran, a Catalan novice in the Dominican convent of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso in Portugal. Maria Duran was arrested by the Inquisition in 1741 and, after a lengthy trial, condemned in 1744 to a public lashing and exile. She was suspected of havi...
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