Catalina de Ribera y Mendoza, fundadora del Hospital de las Cinco Llagasuna dama con mentalidad contemporánea en la Sevilla del Renacimiento
ISSN: 2341-4863
Year of publication: 2024
Issue Title: Beneficencia y Hospitalidad en Sevilla. La misión y labor de la mujer en el tiempo. Jornada-Seminario que relaciona la Historia, la Beneficencia, la Sociología y el Trabajo Social a través del tiempo. Serie: 4ª. SEMANA DE LA HISTORIA
Volume: 2
Issue: 11
Pages: 7-36
Type: Article
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Abstract
The desire to transcend oneself spiritually, intellectually, timelessly, characteristic of the Renaissance, gave the world, Spain as well, Andalusia as well, Seville as well, great men of arms and letters, but in all this masculine world, the presence of men stands out. some lady, like Catalina de Ribera y Mendoza, a Renaissance lady with a fully contemporary mentality, granddaughter, daughter, wife of the Mayor of Andalusia, a great lady who tries to invest in spirituality and improve the condition of the weakest element in society, women, focusing on the most helpless and sick free women, but curable, never slaves. For them, he founded the Hospital de las Cinco Llagas de Sevilla in 1500 and laid the foundations of Social Work in Seville in the middle of 1500.