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Sex and Prisons: Women and Spanish Penitentiary Reform, 1787‐1808

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 501-517, December 2019., 2019
Abstract Whereas prisons had previously been thought of as transitory places for those awaiting trial, the new prison system aimed at the reformation of convicts. In Spain the first organisation set up to improve prison conditions was the Señoras de las Cárceles. This article shows how the Señoras attempted to erase the sexual aspect of women's prisons
Elena Serrano
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Judíos, conversos e Inquisición en Galicia (siglos XI-XVII)

Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, 2009
Tras más de cuatro centurias de presencia documentada en Galicia, algunos judíos optaron por convertirse e intentar, de este modo, la integración en la sociedad cristiana.
Mª Gloria de Antonio Rubio
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A Sephardic Quevedo? Abraham Gómez Silveira, Between Controversy and Poetry

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A book published in 2000, El barroco sefardí Abraham Gómez Silveira (The Sephardic Baroque Abraham Gómez Silveira), introduced us to this hitherto unknown author, baptised in Castile in 1651, who was educated at the school of the sacred congregation of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam.
Mercedes Blanco
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Ceramic ecology in an Islamic capital: changes in the production and consumption of pottery in Palermo

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 555-575, November 2026.
Palermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The perspective from ceramic evidence shows that Palermo underwent faster and deeper processes of Islamization than other urban and rural contexts across the ...
Viva Sacco
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‘Childish’ and ‘Minors’? Deconstructing Prejudice and Identity Transformation Among Spanish Women Religious During the Long Sixties1

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 934-944, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the identity formation process undertaken by Spanish women's religious following the aggiornamento promoted by the Second Vatican Council. Specifically, it seeks to examine the context in which these women lived and acted, analysing the construction of their identities, their capacity for agency and transgression within ...
Verónica García‐Martín
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 265-286, September 2026.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Dos décadas de estudios sobre el comercio valenciano en la Edad Moderna [PDF]

, 1987
Los estudios sobre el comercio marítimo valenciano han conocido en las dos últimas décadas un considerable auge. El desarrollo de la historiografía valenciana, surgido del magisterio de los profesores Jover, Reglà y Giralt, la ha situado entre las más ...
Giménez López, Enrique, Enrique Giménez López   +1 more
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Las alamedas en la España Moderna. Interpretación histórica de un espacio urbano

Anuario de Estudios Americanos, 2015
El presente trabajo constituye una síntesis historiográfica sobre el origen y el significado histórico y urbanístico que representa el surgimiento y difusión de las alamedas en la España moderna.
Manuel F. Fernández Chaves
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 635-689, September 2026.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
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García Fernández, Ernesto; García-Gómez, Ismael; Rodríguez Fernández, José, Urbanismo, patrimonio, riqueza y poder en Vitoria-Gasteiz a fines de la Edad Media e inicios de la Edad Moderna [PDF]

, 2020
Reseña de: García Fernández, E.; García-Gómez, I. ; Rodríguez Fernández, J. (2019) Urbanismo, patrimonio, riqueza y poder en Vitoria-Gasteiz a fines de la Edad Media e inicios de la Edad Moderna.
Álvarez Fernández, María
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