A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages
This paper analyzes the sex-differentiated treatment in regard to marriage debit in Alfonso the Wise’s Partidas according to its commentary written in 1555 by Gregorio López. In this gloss, medical references are involved that pose different risks of contagion for the healthy spouse of a leper man o...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Artículo revista |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| Publicado: |
Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
2020
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/29022 |
| Aporte de: |
| id |
I10-R362-article-29022 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
ojs |
| spelling |
I10-R362-article-290222021-07-19T15:48:06Z A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages No es lo mismo leproso que leprosa. Débito conyugal y discurso médico en la Baja Edad Media Morin, Alejandro Leprosy – Marriage Debit – Medieval Law – Medicine – Theology Leprosy Marriage Debit Medieval Law Medicine Theology Lepra Débito Conyugal Derecho Medieval Medicina Teología This paper analyzes the sex-differentiated treatment in regard to marriage debit in Alfonso the Wise’s Partidas according to its commentary written in 1555 by Gregorio López. In this gloss, medical references are involved that pose different risks of contagion for the healthy spouse of a leper man or of a leper woman. This medical discourse is mobilized within the framework of some theological references that ensure the sustaining of a socially sanctioned order of precedence through the corresponding disparity of treatment. The prescriptive isolation of lepers in the Middle Ages raised a set of legal issues to be resolved. Among them, it was necessary to establish under which conditions the marriage debit should be made effective. Gregorio López’s gloss refers us to a thesis of Peter Paludanus that posed this sex-differentiated treatment according to statements coming from the medicine of the time. In this paper, López’s legal and theological references are crossed with the postulates of late medieval and early modern gynecology. En este trabajo se analiza el tratamiento diferenciado por sexo en lo que respecta a la obligación del débito conyugal en Partidas de Alfonso X de acuerdo con el comentario que le realizara en 1555 Gregorio López. En dicha glosa se involucran unas referencias médicas que plantean diferentes riesgos de contagio para el cónyuge sano de un leproso o una leprosa. Este discurso médico es movilizado en el marco de unas referencias de orden teológico que aseguran con la correspondiente disparidad de trato el mantenimiento de un orden de prelación socialmente sancionado. El prescriptivo aislamiento de los leprosos en la Edad Media daba pie a una serie de cuestiones legales a resolver. Entre ellas, hay que establecer en qué condiciones ha de hacerse efectivo el débito conyugal. La glosa de Gregorio López nos remite a la tesis de Pedro Paludano que plantea este tratamiento diferenciado por sexos en función de afirmaciones provenientes de la medicina de la época. Se cruza en este artículo las referencias de López con los postulados de la ginecología bajomedieval y tempranomoderna. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2020-06-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/29022 10.31049/1853.7049.v.n17.29022 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; Núm. 17 (2020); 1-10 1853-7049 10.31049/1853.7049.v.n17 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/29022/29883 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/29022/29884 Derechos de autor 2020 Alejandro Morin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| institution |
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
| institution_str |
I-10 |
| repository_str |
R-362 |
| container_title_str |
Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual |
| language |
Español |
| format |
Artículo revista |
| topic |
Leprosy – Marriage Debit – Medieval Law – Medicine – Theology Leprosy Marriage Debit Medieval Law Medicine Theology Lepra Débito Conyugal Derecho Medieval Medicina Teología |
| spellingShingle |
Leprosy – Marriage Debit – Medieval Law – Medicine – Theology Leprosy Marriage Debit Medieval Law Medicine Theology Lepra Débito Conyugal Derecho Medieval Medicina Teología Morin, Alejandro A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages |
| topic_facet |
Leprosy – Marriage Debit – Medieval Law – Medicine – Theology Leprosy Marriage Debit Medieval Law Medicine Theology Lepra Débito Conyugal Derecho Medieval Medicina Teología |
| author |
Morin, Alejandro |
| author_facet |
Morin, Alejandro |
| author_sort |
Morin, Alejandro |
| title |
A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages |
| title_short |
A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages |
| title_full |
A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages |
| title_fullStr |
A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages |
| title_full_unstemmed |
A Leper Man is not the Same as a Leper Woman. Marriage Debit and Medical Discourse in the Late Middle Ages |
| title_sort |
leper man is not the same as a leper woman. marriage debit and medical discourse in the late middle ages |
| description |
This paper analyzes the sex-differentiated treatment in regard to marriage debit in Alfonso the Wise’s Partidas according to its commentary written in 1555 by Gregorio López. In this gloss, medical references are involved that pose different risks of contagion for the healthy spouse of a leper man or of a leper woman. This medical discourse is mobilized within the framework of some theological references that ensure the sustaining of a socially sanctioned order of precedence through the corresponding disparity of treatment. The prescriptive isolation of lepers in the Middle Ages raised a set of legal issues to be resolved. Among them, it was necessary to establish under which conditions the marriage debit should be made effective. Gregorio López’s gloss refers us to a thesis of Peter Paludanus that posed this sex-differentiated treatment according to statements coming from the medicine of the time. In this paper, López’s legal and theological references are crossed with the postulates of late medieval and early modern gynecology. |
| publisher |
Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia |
| publishDate |
2020 |
| url |
https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/29022 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT morinalejandro alepermanisnotthesameasaleperwomanmarriagedebitandmedicaldiscourseinthelatemiddleages AT morinalejandro noeslomismoleprosoqueleprosadebitoconyugalydiscursomedicoenlabajaedadmedia AT morinalejandro lepermanisnotthesameasaleperwomanmarriagedebitandmedicaldiscourseinthelatemiddleages |
| first_indexed |
2024-09-03T22:29:25Z |
| last_indexed |
2024-09-03T22:29:25Z |
| _version_ |
1809215720055111680 |