La propaganda política durante la Edad
Media utilizó en ocasiones a las mujeres
como arma arrojadiza entre facciones,
dándose así la paradoja de que las figuras
femeninas, excluidas del espacio político,
eran claves en épocas de conflicto. Para
demostrarLa propaganda política durante la Edad
Media utilizó en ocasiones a las mujeres
como arma arrojadiza entre facciones,
dándose así la paradoja de que las figuras
femeninas, excluidas del espacio político,
eran claves en épocas de conflicto. Para
demostrarlo se analizan tres momentos
cruciales en la monarquía castellana, en
los que se producen enfrentamientos entre
hermanos por cuestiones sucesorias, y en
los que se utiliza a las mujeres de la
familia como medio para desprestigiar al
contrario. En el último tercio del siglo XI, la
rivalidad entre Sancho II y Alfonso VI, tuvo
en medio a su hermana Urraca de
Zamora; a mediados del siglo XIV, el
enfrentamiento entre Pedro I y Enrique II,
utilizó a varias mujeres de la familia como
medio de propaganda; en la segunda
mitad del siglo XV, la pugna entre Enrique
IV e Isabel de Castilla, envolvió también a
las mujeres de la familia.[+][-]
During the Middle Ages Spanish monarchs
and nobles developed a form of political
propaganda in which women were used as
weapons against their political rivals. The
result was that female figures, excluded
from the political arena, took a great role
in prDuring the Middle Ages Spanish monarchs
and nobles developed a form of political
propaganda in which women were used as
weapons against their political rivals. The
result was that female figures, excluded
from the political arena, took a great role
in problematic periods. To illustrate this
point, I analyze three cases from crucial
times of the Kingdom of Castile, when in
the fights for the throne between siblings,
women of the immediate family were
involved. One, which took place in the
second half of the XIth century, involved
the rivalry between Sancho the IInd and
Alfonso the VIth. Another which centered
on the rivalry between Pedro the Irst and
Enrique the IInd, occurred in the middle of
the XIVth century. And the third, which
took place in the second half of the XVth
century, pitted Enrique the IVth and Isabel
of Castile.[+][-]