O corpo dos pecados: as representações femininas nos reinos ibéricos

Abstract

This paper points out to the female body "representations" in medieval lay and ecclesiastical texts from the iberian kingdoms of Leon, Castille and Portugal (1250-1350). The analysis of these female body images seeks to show the perennial association between women, body and sin in the social male imaginary. Furthermore it stresses the image of the female body as the nodal point for the women vision.