The crime of concubinage under the reign of John II of Portugal: the case of Jsabell Aluarez

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https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202012104

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Female condition, criminality in medieval Portugal, royal power

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the crime of concubinage based on letters of pardon issued in the context of fifteenth-century Portugal, more precisely during the reign of John II of Portugal. Based on a detailed examination of the case of Jsabell Aluarez – who was accused of being a concubine – it has been possible to reconstruct the narrative developed by the supplicant in order to shape a convincing and plausible account and obtain a royal pardon. We have also sought to shed light on an understanding of issues such as: the shaping of the female narrative for the best positioning in front of the King, the strategies involved in the monarchy’s merciful act, and a rethinking of the spaces for maneuver in terms of women’s economic prospects in the Medieval Era.

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Denise da Silva Menezes do Nascimento, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG

Licenciatura e Bacharelado pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Mestrado em História Comparada pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Doutorado em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo, Professora Associada de História Medieval da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora.

Ana Clara Atanazio Cunha, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG

Graduanda em História pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, bolsista dos projetos ‘Os crimes de lesa-majestade no reinado de D. João II” (BIC/UFJF – 2017/2018); ‘Os crimes de lesa-majestade no reinado de D. João II – fugas de prisão (PIBIC/UFJF – 2018/2019); ‘Sociabilidade maçônica e a expansão da cultura das Luzes no mundo Luso-Brasileiro, 1790-1850 (BIC/UFJF 2019-2020)

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Published

2020-02-01

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Nascimento, D. da S. M. do, & Cunha, A. C. A. (2020). The crime of concubinage under the reign of John II of Portugal: the case of Jsabell Aluarez. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 12(1), 72-83. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202012104

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Vol. 12 - Nº 1 - Janeiro a Abril (2020)

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