TY - JOUR
T1 - Infamy within Sight
T2 - Making and Unmaking Sambenitos in the Early Modern Iberian World
AU - De Carondelet, Cloe Cavero
AU - Glazer-Eytan, Yonatan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Renaissance Society of America.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Across the early modern Iberian world, a unique form of infamy materialized in the sambenito. Mostly known as the penitential garment imposed by the Inquisition on the individuals it condemned, the sambenito was also exhibited in churches and monasteries as a monument of infamy. This article traces the origins, development, and decline of the sambenito, with a particular focus on its material and visual aspects. It argues that displayed sambenitos performed mnemonic and evidentiary roles in societies obsessed with genealogy, while also bringing to light the continuous resistance and opposition to the sambenito on the ground.
AB - Across the early modern Iberian world, a unique form of infamy materialized in the sambenito. Mostly known as the penitential garment imposed by the Inquisition on the individuals it condemned, the sambenito was also exhibited in churches and monasteries as a monument of infamy. This article traces the origins, development, and decline of the sambenito, with a particular focus on its material and visual aspects. It argues that displayed sambenitos performed mnemonic and evidentiary roles in societies obsessed with genealogy, while also bringing to light the continuous resistance and opposition to the sambenito on the ground.
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U2 - 10.1017/rqx.2024.110
DO - 10.1017/rqx.2024.110
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85209407459
SN - 0034-4338
VL - 77
SP - 389
EP - 441
JO - Renaissance Quarterly
JF - Renaissance Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -