Honor and Violence in Golden Age Spain

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Drawing on criminal and other records to assess the character of violence among non-elite Spaniards, this work finds that appealing to honour 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.

Product details

• Authors: Scott K. Taylor
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2008
• EAN: 9780300126853
• ISBN: 978-0-300-12685-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Law, European History, Spain, General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, criminal, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Violence in society, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Violence and abuse in society, HISTORY / Europe / Spain