rouble it caused during the Spanish
Inquisition. The madness put Quixote's life in danger, but it was the
cure that killed him. In medieval times, knight-errants roamed the
countryside of Europe, rescuing damsels and vanquishing evil lords and
enchanters. This may sound absurd to many people in this time, but
what if a person read so many books about these so-called
knight-errants that he could not determine the real from that which
was read? Such is the case in The Adventures of Don Quixote by
Miguel Cervantes which takes place probably some time in the
fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries. Don Quixote, formerly Quixana,
was not really a don at all. He was a wealthy, intelligent farmer who
read too many books about knight-errantry and went crazy. He
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