Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and indexes.
Contents
1. Courtship, Seduction, and Abandonment -- 2. Carnal Knowledge: The Language of Sex -- 3. Coercion, Violence, and Subordination -- 4. A pan y cuchillo: Cohabitation -- 5. Litigating Honour/Dishonour -- Conclusion -- App. A. Legal Spheres and Sources -- App. B. Difloration, Dowry, and the Vizcayan Fueros -- App. C. Cohabitation and the Vizcayan Fueros.
Summary
Based on approx. 350 lawsuits from the Sala de Vizcaya at the Archivo de la Real ChancillerÃa de Valladolid, between 1500 and 1750.