Matrimonial conflicts in 17th and 18th Centuries: the case of the Western Andalusia. An overview

El artículo se centra en las demandas por incumplimiento de palabra de casamiento en la Andalucía occidental de los siglos XVII y XVIII, que eran presentadas ante la Justicia arzobispal, en las que la mayoría de querellantes son mujeres, al igual que en los casos de divorcio, pues veían peligrar su reputación en caso de abandono. Al contrario de lo que pudiera parecer, aun siendo cierto que las mujeres eran las principales víctimas de violencia física o verbal, en muchas ocasiones la posibilidades de éxito masculino eran menores a lo esperado, pese al sistema patriarcal de poder imperante.The article focuses on the claims for non-compliance with marriage speech in Western Andalusia of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which were brought before the Archbishop's Justice, in which the majority of plainswomen are women, as in divorce cases , as they saw their reputation shamed in the event of abandonment. Contrary to what might seem, even though women were the main victims of physical or verbal violence, on many occasions the chance of male success was lower than expected, despite the prevailing patriarchal system of power