| Summary: | This paper will explore three archival and documentary corpora, such as the trials of renegades (former captives who had recanted their faith to become Muslims in Islamic countries) by the Spanish Inquisition, the Redemptorist fathers’ accounts of their purchase of renegades, and the narratives written by those who had been captured, with a view to establish the obviousness of a point that has so far failed to attract scholars’ attention, viz. the massive saturation of such corpora with the presence of the body. This article explores how the body is made present in such documentary corpora, and attempts to understand the agenda behind their discourses, between the individuals, the institutions and propaganda.
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