Unforgettable violence: Litigation by atrocious offences - Chile 1672-1874

Authors

  • María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez Investigadora independiente. Miembro del Grupo de Estudios Historia y Justicia, http://grupo.historiayjusticia.org Editora de la Revista Historia y Justicia, http://revista.historiayjusticia.org

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1675

Keywords:

Slanders, Atrocity, Violence, 18th century, 19th century

Abstract

The exploration of more than 800 lawsuits for violence indicated the existence of atrocious slanders, referring to a word that reappears currently in Chile. These disputes allude to brutal violence and involve in complex dimensions of legal and judicial culture. The article discusses the presence and the  meaning of atrocity and to other concepts that qualify the seriousness of a crime in different Chilean jurisdictions between 1672 and 1874, according to the trajectory of cultural figures that have gone through the colonial period and the five first republican decades.

Author Biography

María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez, Investigadora independiente. Miembro del Grupo de Estudios Historia y Justicia, http://grupo.historiayjusticia.org Editora de la Revista Historia y Justicia, http://revista.historiayjusticia.org

Doctora en Historia, EHESS de Paris. D.E.A. en Historia (EHESS de Paris, 2004). Magíster en Estudios de Género y Cultura (Universidad de Chile, 2003). Profesora de Historia y Geografía (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1996). Licenciatura en Historia (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1995).

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Published

2014-09-04

Issue

No. 18 (2014)

Section

Dossiê

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