Estupradores / Rapists (DCH)

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Vanessa Massuchetto

Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America

Date Written: October 1, 2022

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: Según la tradición católica tridentina en la temprana edad moderna, aquellos hombres que tuvieran relaciones carnales con una mujer virgen u honesta (de manera consentida o violenta) sin pasar por el sacramento del matrimonio incurrían en el crimen de estupro, siendo llamados estupradores. La normativa pertinente tenía su punto de partida en el sexto mandamiento del decálogo, a partir del cual se establecía la prohibición de los pecados de lujuria en el derecho canónico. El artículo explora los delitos derivados de los pecados de lujuria, a saber, estupro, rapto, concubinato, incesto, sacrilegio, bestialidad, sodomía, masturbación (o molicie) y delectación, desde el análisis de la producción normativa canónica y teológico-moral. Así mismo, busca analizar la complejidad de los comportamientos de expresión sexual en Hispanoamérica y las Filipinas durante los siglos XVI-XVIII teniendo en cuenta la diversidad étnico-racial y social del contexto colonial.

English Abstract: According to the Tridentine Catholic tradition in the early modern period, those men who had carnal intercourse with a virgin or honest woman (consensually or violently) without going through the sacrament of marriage committed the crime of rape, and were called rapists. The relevant normativity arose from the unfolding of the sixth commandment of the Decalogue, from which canon law established the prohibition of the sins of lust. This article studies the crimes derived from the sins of lust, namely statutory rape, rape, concubinage, incest, sacrilege, bestiality, sodomy, masturbation, and delectation. The analysis focuses on how the norms of canon law and moral theology addressed the complex behaviors of sexual expression in Spanish America and the Philippines from the 16th to the 18th centuries taking especially into account the ethnical and social diversity of the colonial context.

Keywords: History of sexualities, Sins of lust, Moral order, Crimes contra naturam

Suggested Citation

Massuchetto, Vanessa, Estupradores / Rapists (DCH) (October 1, 2022). Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory Research Paper Series No. 2022-20, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4262721 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4262721

Vanessa Massuchetto (Contact Author)

Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America ( email )

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