Honor and violence in Golden Age Spain / Scott K. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Scott K., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dueling--Spain--History.

Dueling.

Criminal law--Spain--History.

Criminal law.

Reputation (Law)--Spain--History.

Reputation (Law).

Honor--Spain--History.

Honor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 307 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early modern Spain has long been viewed as having a culture obsessed with honor, where a man resorted to violence when his or his wife's honor was threatened, especially through sexual disgrace. This book-the first to closely examine honor and interpersonal violence in the era-overturns this idea, arguing that the way Spanish men and women actually behaved was very different from the behavior depicted in dueling manuals, law books, and "honor plays" of the period. Drawing on criminal and other records to assess the character of violence among non-elite Spaniards, historian Scott K. Taylor finds that appealing to honor was a rhetorical strategy, and that insults, gestures, and violence were all part of a varied repertoire that allowed both men and women to decide how to dispute issues of truth and reputation.

Contents:

Introduction

The duel and the rhetoric of honor

Honor and the law

Men

Women

Adultery and violence

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.

ISBN:

9786612437519

9781282437517

1282437518

9780300151695

0300151691

OCLC:

587508987