La mediación de la mujer medieval en la violencia cotidiana: el caso de Castilla en el siglo XV

Abstract

The study of the testimonies contained in the sources makes it possible to say that the women practically did not commit violence within the Castilian society of the end of the Middle Ages: on the contrary, they played the role of mediators between aggressors and victims and acted to prevent assaults and homicides, but their support to the victims could expose them to the violence of the perpetrators. The court documentation also reveals that many wounded or beaten women forgive their husbands. If one encounters at that time pacifist men and violent women, the attitude of women in medieval society was therefore generally pacifying, of mediating conflicts and of pacifying in situations of daily violence.

Keywords

• women
• mediation
• Castile
• violence