El poder de las viudas en los confines del reino de Sevilla (1530- 1675). Mecanismos de defensa y empoderamiento en el ámbito rural
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Este estudio pretende contribuir al empeño
historiográfico de visibilización de la mujer en
la Historia de la Edad Moderna (siglos XVI
y XVII). Para ello analizamos las ventajas y
limitaciones de la viudedad femenina en una
parte del Reino de Sevilla, cotejando el papel
asignado a las viudas en el ordenamiento legal
castellano con la realidad espacial del Andévalo
y parte de la Tierra Llana onubense.
Indagamos en los hogares encabezados por
viudas, analizando su importancia cuantitativa,
los mecanismos garantistas de la legislación
y la práctica social tendente a afianzar la
supervivencia femenina, como la reversión de la
dote, el usufructo vidual, el derecho a residencia
perpetua de la viuda en la casa del marido y
las mandas condicionadas, que muestran las
objeciones de muchos maridos a la hora de
consentir las segundas nupcias de las viudas.
La documentación notarial posibilita el estudio
de los mecanismos relativos a la asunción de la
jefatura familiar. El uso de la plena capacidad
legal les permite tener bajo su responsabilidad a
hijos menores de edad, administrar los recursos
familiares, solventar pleitos y negocios, desarrollar
su labor tutelar y garantizar el casamiento de los
hijos con el aporte de unas dotes y arras que,
además de avance de la legítima, son garantía de
la emancipación de los hijos y de la constitución
de nuevos hogares nucleares
This study aims to contribute to the historiographic effort to make women visible in the History of the Modern Age (16th and 17th centuries). To do this, we analyze the advantages and limitations of female widowhood in a part of the Kingdom of Seville, comparing the role assigned to widows in the Castilian legal system with the spatial reality of Andévalo and part of the Flat Land of Huelva. We investigate households headed by widows, analyzing their quantitative importance, the guaranteeing mechanisms of legislation and social practice aimed at strengthening female survival, such as the reversion of dowry, property usufruct, the widow’s right to perpetual residence in the husband’s house and the conditional orders, which show the objections of many husbands when it comes to consenting to the remarriage of the widow. Notarial documentation makes it possible to study the mechanisms related to the assumption of family leadership. The use of full legal capacity allows them to have minor children under their responsibility, manage family resources, settle lawsuits and businesses, carry out their guardianship work and guarantee the marriage of their children with the contribution of dowries and deposits that, In addition to the advancement of the legitimate, they are a guarantee of the emancipation of children and the constitution of new nuclear homes
This study aims to contribute to the historiographic effort to make women visible in the History of the Modern Age (16th and 17th centuries). To do this, we analyze the advantages and limitations of female widowhood in a part of the Kingdom of Seville, comparing the role assigned to widows in the Castilian legal system with the spatial reality of Andévalo and part of the Flat Land of Huelva. We investigate households headed by widows, analyzing their quantitative importance, the guaranteeing mechanisms of legislation and social practice aimed at strengthening female survival, such as the reversion of dowry, property usufruct, the widow’s right to perpetual residence in the husband’s house and the conditional orders, which show the objections of many husbands when it comes to consenting to the remarriage of the widow. Notarial documentation makes it possible to study the mechanisms related to the assumption of family leadership. The use of full legal capacity allows them to have minor children under their responsibility, manage family resources, settle lawsuits and businesses, carry out their guardianship work and guarantee the marriage of their children with the contribution of dowries and deposits that, In addition to the advancement of the legitimate, they are a guarantee of the emancipation of children and the constitution of new nuclear homes







