Capítulo primero. Que trata de la condición y ejercicio del famoso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astil
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Battle of Lepanto - October 7, 1571 The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states (comprising Spain and most of Italy) arranged by Pope P
In his mid-sixties late in his life, Miguel Cervantes—the beloved author of Don Quixote —wrote the following brief and vivid description of himself and his earlier life, especially about his military service and combative presence at the na
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Early on 7 October, they sailed toward the Gulf of Patras, where they encountered the Ottoman fleet. While neither fleet had immediate strategic resources or objectives in the gulf, both chose to engage. The Ottoman fleet had an express or
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Segunda parte del Ingenioso Caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha Capítulo Primero. De lo que el cura y el barbero pasaron con don Quijote cerca de su enfermedad Cuenta Cide Hamete Benengeli, en la segunda parte desta historia y t
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book info excerpts: PREFACE IN THE LONG HISTORY OF EUROPEAN prose fiction few works are to be found that have exercised more influence not only on literature proper but also on manners and customs, or that have enjoyed a more endurin
Amadís de Gaula is a landmark work among the chivalric romances which were in vogue in sixteenth-century Iberian Peninsula. See: Amadis of Gaul - vol. II - Project Gutenberg … from Don Quixote : Regar
full text La Galatea was Miguel de Cervantes’ first book, published in 1585. Under the guise of pastoral characters, it is an examination of love and contains many allusions to contemporary literary figures. It enjoyed a modest success,
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book info excerpts: First Part of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha Chapter I Which describes the condition and profession of the famous gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha Somewhere in La M
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book info excerpts: Something strange happened in the winter of 1605. At the heart of the world’s most powerful empire, in a time of economic decline and political stagnation, word started spreading about, of all things, a book.
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book info The story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European countries is a remarkable and dramatic one. With the marriage of Ferdinand & Isabella, the final expulsio
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