Aquest treball vol posar de relleu la figura d'una dona, Mencía de Mendoza, que, tot i no escriure cap obra, sí que, en canvi, juga un paper important en el desenvolupament de I'humanisme a Espanya, donant suport a personatges i projectes culturals que potenciaven aquest nou corrent, especialment a la Valencia de la primera meitat del segle XVI.
This article focuses on Mencía de Mendoza, whose contribution to the development of humanism in Spain was of great importance. Although she did not publish any written texts, she gave her full support to many cultural projects, to writers and intellectuals during the first half of the sixteenth century, especially in Valencia.