Soldadeira

Not to be confused with Soldaderas.

The Galician-Portuguese term soldadeira, and the Spanish term soldadera, meant a woman of questionable morality who danced and performed gymnastic exercises during the performance of playwrights or troubadours. They have been referred to as "spiritual heirs" of the puellae gaditanae mentioned by Martial and Juvenal.

Miniature from the Cancioneiro da Ajuda, showing a soldadeira (right) dancing and playing the pandeiro.

See also

• Galician-Portuguese lyric
• María Pérez Balteira
• Flamenco

References

• Aletti, Adelina (1980). Gli abbracci feriti: poetesse portoghesi di oggi. Milan: G. Feltrinelli. p. 5.
• Dronke, Peter (2007). Forms and Imaginings: From Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. p. 334.
• Filios, Denise Keyes (1997). Women Out of Bounds: Soldadeiras, Panaderas, and Serranas in the Poetry of Medieval Spain. Thesis (Ph. D. in Comparative Literature). University of California, Berkeley. pp. 13, 22, 68.
• "Soldadeira". Dicionario RAG. Real Academia Galega. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

External links

• Ofydd (17 January 2006). "A soldadeira. Facendo xustiza con María Peres "a Balteira"". Celtiberia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.