Sancha García

Sancha García was abbess of the royal monastery Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas from 1207 to 1229/30.

The monastery had from the 13th century two authorities, the abbess for religious matters, and a female member of the royal family to administrate secular matters, especially regarding the relations between the monastery and the court and other donors. Sancha García was the second abbess, succeeding Dona Misol. She has been described as "one of the last truly powerful abbesses in Medieval Europe", who was the head of the convent and several monasteries, and who performed functions reserved for priests, such as hearing confession.

During her abbacy, Las Huelgas received the richly illuminated manuscript now known as the Las Huelgas Beatus and she may even have been the anonymous donor.

References

1 2 McCash, June Hall (1996). The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women. University of Georgia Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780820317021. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
↑ "Garcia, Sancha (fl. 1230)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
↑ Williams, John (2017). Martin, Therese (ed.). Visions of the End in Medieval Spain: Catalogue of Illustrated Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Study of the Geneva Beatus. Amsterdam University Press. p. 138.

[McCash-1] 1 2 McCash, June Hall (1996). The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women. University of Georgia Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780820317021. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[HB-2] "Garcia, Sancha (fl. 1230)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015 – via HighBeam Research.

[3] Williams, John (2017). Martin, Therese (ed.). Visions of the End in Medieval Spain: Catalogue of Illustrated Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Study of the Geneva Beatus. Amsterdam University Press. p. 138.