Resumen de Dotar doncelas pobres na Coruña durante os séculos XVI-XX. Aproximación ao labor asistencial laico

Ana Romero Masiá, María de la O Suárez Rodríguez

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  Análise do valor e signifcación da dote, especialmente para o caso das mulleres pobres e orfas, na Coruña dos séculos XVI ao XX a partir de documentación conservada no Arquivo Municipal. O estudo centra a súa atención en varias obras pías laicas de diferente orixe: as instituídas por particulares –a dos veciños en 1589 e as dos rexedores Juan López Varela e Antonio Álvarez de Castro- e as creadas polo Concello en 1771 e 1873.

• English

  Analysis of the value and signifcance of the dowry, especially in the case of poor and orphaned women, in A Coruña from the sixteenth to the twentieth century from documentation kept in the Municipal Archive. Te study centers its attention on several pious secular works of diferent origin: those instituted by private individuals -the neighbors in 1589 and those by the councilor Juan López Varela and Antonio Álvarez de Castro- and those created by the City Council in 1771 and 1873.