Consideraciones jurídicas y sociales de la mujer adúltera en Castilla, a finales del Antiguo Régimen

Abstract

Adultery is a crime act whose persecution changed in Castilla over Modern Ages: from being severely punished by the husband, who was allowed to take the law into his own hands, to be punished with a judicial caution. At the end of the Ancient Regime we observe a clear mitigation of penalties to punish this crime, which had been seriously punished before. In this work we make a procedural approach to the treatment which was given to adultery in the Tribunal de la Real Chancillería