PUNISHED AND UNSUBMISSIVE: SCANDAL IT IN THE CONVENT OF THE LAPA IN SALVADOR

This article presents a rich nucleus of documentation dealing with the punitive reclusion of an upper class married woman in Salvador during the period of 1788 and 1807. As a case study of the role played by the institutions of feminine reclusion in family relations it highlights the efforts of diverse personages and institutions preserve the honor of married woman. On the other hand, it illustrates the behavior could include complete submission, to request for divorce and the commitment of transgressions. The article points out the importance of studding feminine reclusion in order to analysis family relations in colonial Brazil. lt also concludes that conjugal relations during the Old Regimen were not confined to the private sphere