"In order to apply the remedy that tranquility and public vengeance demand”

Remembering two 19th-century husband killers

Abstract

Based on the study of two judicial processes initiated at the Concepcion courts of justice in the 19th century, we set to analyze the scope of women participation in acts of interpersonal violence that resulted in the death of their spouses. The foregoing, in order to advance in the understanding of conflicts, forms of resistance and discourses on female criminality, from a gender perspective.