“Si volviera a ver entre las mujeres a otra como ella, debería decir que las mujeres son superiores a los hombres” 1 ABSTRACT Although the history of the Mongol Empire has caught the attention of scholars since the beginning of 20 th century, little research has been done on gender relationships among these nomads. The present article is focus on revising the role of women within the traditional medieval Mongol society. In order to do so, the paper is structured in two main areas of study. Firstly, it summarizes different general patterns of female role in the Mongol Empire. Interpretations on this matter have been obtained mostly from a variety of primary sources. On one hand, the writings of the Christian monks William of Rubruck and Juan Piano de Carpini are the most valuable western sources on the daily life of Medieval Mongols. On the other, the use of the major Persian and Chinese chroniclers is required to acquire a better understanding of the female role in Mongol society. The second part of the article focuses on the role of the mother (Hu’elun) and the wife (Börte) of Chinggis Khan. Throughout the analysis of the Mongolian source known 1. BUDGE, Ernest A. Wallis (tr.): The Cronography Gregory Ab´l-Faraj 1225-1286. The son of Aaron, the Hebrew physician commonly known as Bar Hebraeus. APA – PHILO PRESS, Amsterdam, 1976. BRUNO NICOLA LAS MUJERES MONGOLAS EN LOS SIGLOS XII Y XIII. UN ANÁLISIS SOBRE EL ROL DE LA MADRE Y LA ESPOSA DE CHINGGIS KHAN* *La realización de este artículo contó con la valiosa ayuda de la Dra. Teresa Vinyoles Vidal (Uni- versitat de Barcelona), el Dr. George Lane (SOAS, University of London), el Dr. Antonello Palumbo (SOAS, University of London) y el Dr. José Miguel Peyró García (Universidad de Sevilla). Asimismo quiero agradecer la ayuda económica brindada por la Fundación Caja Madrid mediante su programa de Becas de Postgrado en el Extranjero.