Honor and Violence in Golden Age SpainEarly modern Spain has long been viewed as having a culture obsessed with honor, where a man resorted to violence when his or his wifes honor was threatened, especially through sexual disgrace. This bookthe first to closely examine honor and interpersonal violence in the eraoverturns 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

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Foreword by: James Piscatori