Miguel GARCÍA-FERNÁNDEZ

Original title: Las élites femeninas en las ciudades gallegas de la Baja Edad Media

Published in Mulier aut Femina. Idealism or reality of women in the Middle Ages

Keywords: Galicia, Late Middle Ages, Towns, Urban elites, Women.

Women from different social groups lived in medieval towns. However, historians have studied more closely women working outside their homes in various trades and, far less, women that were part of the urban oligarchies. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze female elites in Galician towns during the Late Middle Ages, indicating who they were and what their role within the oligarchy was. So, we will know some names, places, relationships, public actions and attitudes to death of those female elites.