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Proceso de fe de Elena de Céspedes
"Process of Faith of Elena de Céspedes"
Process of faith of Elena de Céspedes, also known as Eleno de Céspedes, a native of Alama and resident in Ocaña (Toledo), slave and then free, trade weaver, tailor, hosier, soldier and surgeon, for dressing as a man and marrying María del Caño, native of Ciempozuelos (Madrid) and neighbor of Yepes (Toledo). Eleno was convicted of bigamy instead of the charges he originally faced.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- k930bx13w
- Collection
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Court and Legal Documents
- Institution
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Archivo Histórico Nacional, Archivos Estatales España
- Creator(s)
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Tribunal de la Inquisición de Toledo
- Date Created
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1587 to 1589
- Genre
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Legal Cases
- Subject(s)
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Elena de Céspedes
Eleno de Céspedes
Maria del Caño
- Places
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Madrid
Castille-La Mancha > Toledo
Castille-La Mancha > Toledo > Ocaña
Castille-La Mancha > Toledo > Yepes
- Topic(s)
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Alternative punishments
Black LGBTQ+ people
Courts
Crossdressing
Depositions
Gender expression
Law reports, digests, etc.
Sentencing
Soldiers
Surgeons
- Resource Type
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Manuscript
- Language
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Spanish; Castilian
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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