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The Inquisition and the Repression of Erotic and Pornographic Imagery in Early Nineteenth-Century Madrid
History Pub Date : 2018-01-01 , DOI: 10.1111/1468-229x.12545
FRANÇOIS SOYER 1
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This article focuses on the repression of erotic and pornographic imagery (artworks, statues and figurines) by the Inquisition in Madrid during the last six years of its existence between 1814 and 1820. This period in the Inquisition's history has tended to be overlooked and dismissed as insignificant. After tracing the history of the Spanish Inquisition's desultory attempts in earlier years to suppress sexual imagery deemed to offend public piety, this article examines an unusual cluster of cases involving erotic or pornographic images during those six years. The article examines these cases and argues that we need to eschew simplistic narratives in which historians have presented the Inquisition as a moribund institution pathetically pursuing insignificant cases. The documentary evidence suggests that the inquisitors in Madrid were, if anything, fiercely determined to restore the fortunes of the Inquisition and its position within the absolutist monarchy of King Fernando VII. The inquisitors’ campaign against erotic and pornographic imagery was, alongside a focus on freemasonry, part of a quest for political and social legitimacy in a changing and increasingly hostile environment.

中文翻译:

十九世纪早期马德里对色情和色情图像的宗教裁判所和镇压

本文重点介绍了马德里宗教裁判所在 1814 年至 1820 年期间存在的最后六年期间对色情和色情图像(艺术品、雕像和小雕像)的镇压。微不足道。在追溯西班牙宗教裁判所早些年试图压制被视为冒犯公众虔诚的性图像的漫无目的的历史之后,本文研究了这六年中涉及色情或色情图像的一系列不寻常的案件。这篇文章审查了这些案例,并认为我们需要避免简单化的叙述,在这种叙述中,历史学家将宗教裁判所描述为一个垂死的机构,可悲地追查无关紧要的案件。书面证据表明,马德里的审判官是,如果有的话,坚决决心恢复宗教裁判所的命运及其在费尔南多七世国王专制君主制中的地位。除了对共济会的关注之外,审判官的反对色情和色情图像的运动也是在不断变化和日益敌对的环境中寻求政治和社会合法性的一部分。
更新日期:2018-01-01
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