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In late medieval and early modern Europe, death could reinforce, question or efface the category of gender, as evidenced by the preparation for death, executions, burial practices and the cult of the dead.
Enrique Fernandez, PhD (Princeton 1998) is professor of Spanish at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He has published articles and monographs on early modern Spain, including the book Anxiety of Interiority and Dissection in Early Modern Spain (University of Toronto Press, 2015) Darlene Abreu-Ferreira is professor of history at the University of Winnipeg. Her research interests include history of women, children, race, sex, and crime in premodern Europe, with a focus on early modern Portugal. She published her monograph Women, Crime, and Forgiveness in Early Modern Portugal in 2015 (Ashgate).