1600 to 1699: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore to Libertine of Seville.

John Ford. British. 1627. Play. ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. Fatal attraction for his sister whom he impregnates. She tries to cover up by marrying someone else. The would-be husband plans to tell all. The brother kills his sister to save her honor and kills the would-be husband whose followers then kill him.

Francisco de Quevedo. Spanish. 1627. Satires. Los Suenas. Description of the author’s visit to Hell. Caricature of men and institutions.

Francis Bacon. British. 1627. Fable. The New Atlantis. Voyage to the island of “Bensalem.” “Solomon House” becomes the model for the Royal Society.

Pedro Calderon. Spanish. 1629. Play. El Medico de su honra (The Physician of His Own Honor). Wife tries to dissuade the attentions of a prince whom she loves. The husband feels his honor is besmirched. He has her bled to death by a surgeon, which is accepted by the king as within the code of honor.

Tirso de Molina. Spanish. 1630. Play. Libertine of Seville and the Stone Guest (Don Juan). Don Juan ignores honor and seeks only pleasure. The morality of the Middle Ages vs. Renaissance libertinism. Introduced Don Juan. He kills his lover’s father. The statue of the father strangles him.