Lesbians in Early Modern Spain

by Sherry Velasco

In this first in-depth study of female homosexuality in the Spanish Empire for the period from 1500 to 1800, Velasco presents a multitude of riveting examples that reveal widespread contemporary interest in women's intimate relations with other women. Her sources include literary and historical texts featuring female homoeroticism, tracts on convent life, medical treatises, civil and Inquisitional cases, and dramas. She has also uncovered a number...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826517501
• ISBN13: 9780826517500
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"