The Lieutenant Nun: Transgenderism, Lesbian Desire, and Catalina de Erauso

by Sherry Velasco

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Catalina de Erauso (1592-1650) was a Basque noblewoman who, just before taking final vows to become a nun, escaped from the convent at San Sebasti?n, dressed as a man, and, in her own words, "went hither and thither, embarked, went into port, took to roving, slew, wounded, embezzled, and roamed about." Her long service fighting for the Spanish empire in Peru and Chile won her a soldier's pension and a papal dispensation to continue dressing in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292787464

ISBN13:9780292787469

Release Date:February 2001

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:255 Pages

Weight:0.96 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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