Certain relationships of events are studied that show how during the Modern Age honor was something common to all social strata and one of the pillars on which daily life was sustained. These stories in which most of the protagonists are noble, however, are directed, due to the characteristics of the genre, to a popular audience and, as can be seen, especially female.

Women of the time could reflect on these figures and take them as a moral example. Obviously, the behaviors shown on many occasions touch the margin of what is socially allowed, however, they remain in social orthodoxy, because although they break the laws, they do not transgress the code of honor. Furthermore, at the end of these stories the women, despite the fact that some have behaved like men, agree to submit to the social rule intended for them: marriage or the convent. For all these reasons, the protagonists are a model of attitude, but not of conduct; In this way, an attempt is made to propagate and nurture the moral values ​​associated with female honor.

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