Guardianship and curatorship in modern Times: a case study in rural Andalusia (18TH century)

espanolSe aborda la figura de la mujer andaluza como tutora y curadora de los hijos menores, al tiempo que se encarga de administrar los bienes que estos han heredado. Para ello, se analizan fuentes notariales del siglo XVIIII, procedentes de los Archivos Historicos Provinciales de Cordoba y Jaen. En especial se estudia la importancia de la representacion legal para la transaccion de las propiedades que administraban las madres, ante la incapacidad de obrar de los ninos. EnglishThis essay analyzes the figure of the Andalusian woman as tutor and curator of the minor children. Mothers administered the assets inherited by their daughters and sons. To do this, have been observed some notarial sources from the 18th century, they are kept in the Provincial Historical Archives of Cordoba and Jaen. In particular, it is studied the importance of the legal representation for the transaction of the properties administered by the widows, because of the legal inability to act of the children.