A Reassessment of the Concept of Honor in the Spanish Theater of the Golden Age

reassessed taking into consideration anthropological, civil, legal, lexical, moral, philosophical, theological and psychological aspects. An application of this refurbished concept follows, wherein the idea of honor as a social concept and as a moral attribute clash in three villein plays: Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s The Mayor of Zalamea (El alcalde de Zalamea) and Lope de Vega’s All Citizens Are Soldiers (Fuenteovejuna), and Peribáñez and the Comendador of Ocaña (Peribáñez y el Comendador de Ocaña).