Durante el Antiguo Régimen, los jueces se alzaban como la figura central del ámbito judicial, eran ellos quienes "determinaban la justicia". Su imagen se enaltecía, al actuar por designación del rey,
quien era considerado Vicario de Dios en la tierra para hacer justicia en su nombre. De todos modos, cuando los magistrados cometían algún tipo de abuso, solían ser denunciados por las personas afectadas y debían responder por ello. En numerosas ocasiones, esas denunciantes eran mujeres,
las que, como se ha demostrado, tenían
una amplia presencia ante los estrados de
la justicia. En esta oportunidad, se analiza,
en una primera parte, la trascendencia de
la figura del juez; y luego, acusaciones de
mujeres contra malos jueces, en el ámbito
jurisdiccional de la Corona de Castilla, hacia
finales del siglo xv.
During the Old Regime, the judges
were the main figure of the judicial sphere,
"stating the justice". Furthermore, their
image was crucial because they were designated
by the king, who was considered,
in his turn, the Vicar of God on Earth in
order to make justice in his name. However,
when the magistrates committed some
kind of abuse, they used to be denounced
by the affected people and had to respond.
Frequently, those complainants were women,
who, as studied, had a large presence
before the law courts. In the following
paper, I analyze in the first place the transcendence
of the figure of the judge and, in
the second place, the accusations of women
against bad judges, in the jurisdictional
area of the Crown of Castile, at the end of
the 15th century.
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