Entre la doble vara y el privilegio. La administración de la justicia frente al fenómeno de la sodomía masculina en el Virreinato del Perú (Siglos XVI-XVII)

Abstract

This paper investigates the both the civil and Episcopal legal actions taken on issues on issues related to the crime of sodomy in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th centuries. The extent to which family, social and ethnic background, as well as the relationship of the accused with powerful networks or groups influenced the actions taken by the magistrates and the fulmination of the causes is a particular focus point of the study. Additionally, within the scope of these trials for sodomy, how the granting of privileges and corporate logic also served as possible effective mechanisms used to manipulate and avoid legal provisions is also examined.