Amadís de Gaula
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Amadís de Gaula is a landmark chivalric romance first composed in Spain or Portugal. The narrative originates in the late post-Arthurian genre and was likely based on French sources. The earliest vers
First printed Spanish edition of Amadis de Gaula, Zaragoza, 1508
Fragment of manuscript of Book III of the Amadís, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Title page of first Dutch language edition of the Amadis, Antwerp 1546
Don Quixote
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Don Quixote is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes, written in Early Modern Spanish and published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. It is considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern
Amadís de Gaula
…centuries in Europe an important reference point in courtly, cultural, and social matters. It was the favorite book of the fictional titular character in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The story narrates the star-crossed love of King Perión of Gaula and Elisena of England, resulting in the secret birth of Amadís…
Don Quixote de la Mancha (first edition, 1605, printed by Juan de la Cuesta)
Don Quixote goes mad from his reading of books of chivalry. Engraving by Gustave Doré.
Illustration by Gustave Doré depicting the famous windmill scene
Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza, 1863, by Gustave Doré