For historians, spousal murders are major for what they display approximately social and kinfolk historical past, specifically the hidden heritage of daily gender relatives, conflicts, crimes, and punishments. Fatal Love examines this phenomenon within the overdue colonial Spanish Atlantic, targeting incidents happening in New Spain (colonial Mexico), New Granada (colonial Colombia), and Spain from the 1740s to the 1820s. within the greater than two hundred situations consulted, it considers not just the social positive aspects of the murders, but additionally the felony discourses and judicial practices guiding the ancient therapy of spousal murders, aiding us comprehend the old intersection of household violence, deepest and state/church patriarchy, and the law.
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