Published in New Approaches in the Research on the Crown of Aragon

Keywords: Alcohol, Bad life, Gambling game, Poverty, Violence, Wine, Woman.

The literature, the theatre, and the art of the Baroque period usually showed the archetype of the drunk man who took refuge in the tavern of his life. This figure existed in popular society, where the types were diversified, and vices expanded. If you pay attention to the documentation, there are several cases of men of bad life whose behaviour had serious consequences on the women in their environment, which would be summed up in violence and poverty. To emerge from this situation, these women used different strategies such as seeking support from acquaintances and family members, but also from the institutions of the Kingdom of Majorca.