Juezas de avenencia y árbitras en la Baja Edad Media aragonesa: una realidad significativa y perdurable

Abstract

Arbitration is a procedure in which a problem is submitted by the parties to one or more people or arbitrators in order to obtain a binding solution to their dispute. It was mainly through the practice of arbitration that women in the Kingdom of Aragón could deliver justice between the 13th and 16th centuries. Most of these female arbitrators, either married or widowed, belonged to the nobility although there were also cases among the women of the urban elites. They mediated in all kinds of disputes; however, this paper focuses, in particular, on the resolution of violent cases which resulted in wounds and injuries.

Keywords

• women
• kingdom of Aragón. Late Middle Ages. Law. Female arbitration. Violence. Medicine.