Lugares de prazer e subcultura gay na documentação inquisitorial: Lisboa, 1556-1695

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https://doi.org/10.4013/hist.2022.263.05

Abstract

This article analyzes the main aspects of the gay subculture in the city of Lisbon in the first half of the 17th century. During this period, the Court of the Holy Office was a powerful institution that, using the authority conferred by the Pope, was used by kings to prosecute heresies and crimes of a sexual nature. The inquisition processes, in particular, evidence an ongoing repressive concern of the established powers against the sodomites' way of life, their customs, habits, and behaviors. Based on micro-history, the study highlights this movement as a whole, emphasizing that the convergence of testimonies suggests the existence of this subculture in the Iberian region already in the 17th century.

Keywords: Subculture, Sodomy, Inquisition, Portugal.

Author Biographies

Wallas Jefferson de Lima

Doutor em História pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal do Paraná, vinculado a linha de pesquisa Espaço e Sociabilidades. Atua em pesquisas ligadas à História Moderna, com ênfase nos seguintes temas: corpo, sexualidade, moralidade e Inquisição Portuguesa. Atualmente, é professor de História da Secretaria de Estado do Paraná (SEED-PR). 

Luiz Mott

Possui graduação em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo (1968), mestrado em Etnologia pela Universite de Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne) (1971), doutorado em Antropologia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1975). Atualmente é professor titular aposentado da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Tem experiência na área de Antropologia e História, com ênfase em Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras e História das Religiões, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: inquisicao, homossexualidade, aids, homofobia e direitos humanos.

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Published

2022-11-04

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2022): Setembro/Dezembro

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