Don Quixote

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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