Descripción:
The complex code of honour and dignity of the 16th. and 17th. centuries in Europe is presented in this article as a verbal device which -disjointed in its finest mechanisms- shows that denial´s efficiency, as the supreme offense, lies in its capacity to take the offended individual out of the society of gentlemen. Also, this article shows how truth -nature of a honorable man- guarantees the offended soul to remain as part of the human community.