Dona Xoana de Castro vs. Dona Catalina de Fonseca: mulleres con poder nos conflitos composteláns do século XV
Lecture by Miguel García-Fernández, from the Instituto de Estudos Galegos Padre Sarmiento (CSIC-Xunta de Galicia). Organized by the Cultural Association O Galo.
Lady Xoana and Lady Catalina symbolize two faces of medieval female power: the rebel who challenges ecclesiastical authority amid the struggles and ambitions of her noble lineage, and the episcopal mother who defends her son’s lordship, assuming a crucial role at the head of one of the most male-dominated institutions of the time—the Cathedral of Santiago. Both broke through traditional gender boundaries, leaving a trace barely perceptible in chronicles but alive in the documents and memories that preserve their voices. Their confrontation was not only political but also emblematic of a broader struggle between rebellion and legitimacy, between urban resistance and seigneurial power, and between two women who, from opposing sides, proved that in fifteenth-century Galicia, women too could wield both power and the word.
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Dona Xoana de Castro vs. Dona Catalina de Fonseca: mulleres con poder nos conflitos composteláns do século XV
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