"Alonso Quijano Alonso Quijano (spelled ""Quixano"" in English and Early Modern Spanish) is the personal name of the famous fictional hidalgo or knight better known as Don Quijote, the leading character of the novel ""Don Quijote de la Mancha"", written by Miguel de Cervantes. Other names or nicknames of Alonso Quijano that go appearing in the story are: the Knight of the Sad Face, that puts him alongside his own squire Sancho Panza, or the Knight of the Lions, adopted by Don Quijote after an encounter with lions (in the second part, at chapter 17). In chapter 39 of the"
"the ""best literary work ever written"". The story follows the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant (""caballero andante""), reviving chivalry and serving his country, under the name ""Don Quixote de la Mancha"". He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine"
"Quasimodo Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the novel ""The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"" (1831) by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster, but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death. The role of Quasimodo has been played by many actors in film and stage adaptations, including Lon Chaney, Sr. (1923), Charles Laughton (1939) and Anthony Quinn (1956), as well as Tom Hulce in the 1996 Disney animated adaptation, and most recently Michael Arden in the 2016"
"creator, Miguel de Cervantes. In the novel Cervantes has Don Quixote satirically present himself as an ""hidalgo de sangre"" and aspire to live the life of a knight-errant despite the fact that his economic position does not allow him to truly do so. Don Quixote's possessions allowed to him a meager life devoted to his reading obsession, yet his concept of honour led him to emulate the knights-errant. The picaresque novel ""Lazarillo"" features an hidalgo so poor that he spreads breadcrumbs on his clothes, to simulate having eaten a meal. His ""hidalgo"" honour forbids him from manual work but does"
"young Ojeda quickly won the patronage of the Archbishop, who offered his protection at the first opportunity. Alonso was slight of stature, surprisingly agile and extremely accomplished with all types of weapons. In addition he was quick witted and insightful, he was brave to the point of recklessness, vindictive to the point of cruelty, softhearted with the weak and courteous with women, quarrelsome and a duellist, but he was deeply religious and rigorously observed his religious duties. The Archbishop thought the youth had a well-tempered soul and a generous heart, but he also noticed that his character had a depth"
"intervene violently in matters irrelevant to himself, and his habit of not paying debts, result in privations, injuries, and humiliations (with Sancho often the victim). Finally, Don Quixote is persuaded to return to his home village. The narrator hints that there was a third quest, but says that records of it have been lost. Alonso Quixano, the protagonist of the novel (though he is not given this name until much later in the book), is a Hidalgo (member of the lesser Spanish nobility), nearing 50 years of age, living in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and"
"his image. By his deathbed, he has regained his sanity, and is once more ""Alonso Quixano the Good"". Sources for ""Don Quixote"" include the Castilian novel ""Amadis de Gaula"", which had enjoyed great popularity throughout the 16th century. Another prominent source, which Cervantes evidently admires more, is ""Tirant lo Blanch"", which the priest describes in Chapter VI of ""Quixote"" as ""the best book in the world."" (However, the sense in which it was ""best"" is much debated among scholars. The passage is called since the 19th century ""the most difficult passage of ""Don Quixote"""".) The scene of the book burning"
"The Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo, in his 1913 book ""The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations"", emphasized the life of ""flesh and bone"" as opposed to that of abstract rationalism. Unamuno rejected systematic philosophy in favor of the individual's quest for faith. He retained a sense of the tragic, even absurd nature of the quest, symbolized by his enduring interest in Cervantes' fictional character Don Quixote. A novelist, poet and dramatist as well as philosophy professor at the University of Salamanca, Unamuno wrote a short story about a priest's crisis of faith, ""Saint Manuel the"
"his enemies in the Byzantine court and Church by enforced travelling on foot in cold weather. Harris mistakenly shows him wearing the western-style ""chasuble"" and ""alb"" instead of an eastern ""phelonion"" ""St. Augustine of Hippo"" (354 - 430) was one of the most influential theologians in Church history. Once, while writing his book on God titled ""De Trinitate (On the Trinity)"", he went for a stroll on the beach where he saw a small boy running back and forth with a bucket, pouring water from the shore into a hole he'd dug in the sand. ""What are you doing?"" asked"
"then. Colegio San Agustin is named in honor of the fourth-century saint, St. Augustine of Hippo. The Spanish Augustinians were the first Christian religious order to enter the Philippines and begin its conversion to Catholicism. Augustine was a key figure in the doctrinal development of Western Christianity and is often referred to as one of the greatest ""Doctors of the Church"" by the Roman Catholic Church. Two of his surviving works, namely ""The Confessions"" (his autobiography) and ""The City of God"", are regarded as Western classics and are read by Christians around the world. Augustine is often considered to be"
"that he is living out a knightly story. Throughout the novel, Cervantes uses such literary techniques as realism, metatheatre, and intertextuality. The book had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas' ""The Three Musketeers"" (1844), Mark Twain's ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" (1884), and Edmond Rostand's ""Cyrano de Bergerac"" (1897), as well as the word ""quixotic"" and the epithet ""Lothario""; the latter refers to a character in ""El curioso impertinente"" (""The Impertinently Curious Man""), an intercalated story that appears in Part One, chapters 33–35. The 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer cited ""Don"
"dicha Ysabela, efetuados por Dolosina, alcahueta famosa"" (Toledo: Joan Ferrer, 1554), one ""Life of San Isidro Labrador"" (Madrid, 1592), one ""Life of San Tirso"" (Toledo, 1592) and a ""Flos sanctorum"" in six volumes — a collection of stories in various manuscripts (which was read by Tomás Tamayo de Vargas) has been lost. Alonso de Villegas Alonso de Villegas Selvago, also known as Selvago, which may also have been a second surname, of Genovese origin (Toledo, 1533 - ""ib""., January 23, 1603) was a Spanish ecclesiastic and writer. As a student and later professor of theology at the universidad de Toledo,"
"18. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, nicknamed El Cid, (c. 1040 – 1099) nobleman, military and political leader. 19. Alfonso X El Sabio, (1221 – 1284) King of Castile, León and Galicia (1252-1284). 20. Fernando Alonso, (1981-) Formula One racing driver. 21. Francisco de Goya, (1746-1828) painter and printmaker (""The Third of May 1808"", ""Los Desastres de la Guerra""). 22. Francisco Franco, (1892-1975) generalissimo and Caudillo of Spain (1936-1975). 23. Antonio Machado, (1875 – 1939) poet (""Campos de Castilla""). 24. Miguel Indurain, (1964-) cyclist. 25. Miguel Servet, (1511 – 1553) theologian, physician, and humanist (""Christianismi Restitutio"") 26. Lola Flores, (1923 –"
"Alonso Tostado Alonso Tostado (also ""Al(f)onso Fernández de Madrigal"", variously known as ""Alphonsus Tostatus"", ""Tostatus Abulensis"", and in Spanish as ""El Tostado"" or ""El Abulense""; ca. 1410 – 3 September 1455) was a Spanish theologian, councillor of John II of Castile and briefly bishop of Ávila. A leading scholar of his generation, he is particularly known as an early theorist on witchcraft; in his ""De maleficis mulieribus, quae vulgariter dicuntur bruxas"" (1440) he defended the possibility of flying witches based on biblical exegesis. Alonso's father, also called Alonso Tostado, was a ploughman. The nickname ""Tostado"" refers to a ploughman's tanned"
"Guevara (1613), Lope de Vega (1617) and a 'a lo divino' version by José de Valdivielso. Gila Giraldo Gila Giraldo, also known as La Serrana de la Vera (born in Garganta la Olla in the last third of the 15th century – died in Plasencia, first third of the 16th century), was a Spanish serial killer who inspired numerous legends, romances and theatrical pieces during the 18th century Spanish Golden Age. According to the legends, Giraldo was from Garganta la Olla, a few leagues from Plasencia. During the time of the Catholic Monarchs, Don Lucas de Carvajal, captain of arms,"
"fervor, and ultimately produced a wave of new martyrs collectively known as Martyrs of Córdoba. Among his disciples were Saint Eulogius, Alvarus Paulus, and Samson of Córdoba. Speraindeo Speraindeo (died 853) was a Córdoban Mozarabic abbot, teacher of Eulogius and Alvarus Paulus. Few details are known about his life. He was the abbot of the Monastery of Santa Claire, near Córdoba, during the era of the emirate. Apart from his writing, he worked to conserve Latin Christian culture in Muslim territory. He was known for his audacity: his ""Apologetic against Muhammad"" — known only from fragments —, written during the"
"forced to deceive him at certain points. The novel is considered a satire of orthodoxy, veracity and even nationalism. In exploring the individualism of his characters, Cervantes helped move beyond the narrow literary conventions of the chivalric romance literature that he spoofed, which consists of straightforward retelling of a series of acts that redound to the knightly virtues of the hero. The character of Don Quixote became so well known in its time that the word ""quixotic"" was quickly adopted by many languages. Characters such as Sancho Panza and Don Quixote's steed, Rocinante, are emblems of Western literary culture. The"
"its greater boom in Spain. The religiosity of the monarch, the spirit of the Counterreformation and the customs of the time were part in the extraordinary importance that this genre reached. The didactic and religious literature is very vast, because it includes: The picaresque novel, as literary genre, has the following characteristics: ""The Lazarillo"", of anonymous author, was published in 1554 and narrates the life of a boy, Lázaro de Tormes, from his birth until he marries the servant of an archpriest in Toledo. Throughout that time he serves several masters who mistreat him and give him very little to"
"and faith). Alonso started as a priest and later became a warrior; Itzcauatzin entered an academy (Calmecac) that prepared him for both. Caught in between is Xuchitl, the Aztec princess. Whoever wins her wins the future of the Aztec civilization. Xuchitl identifies the winner by giving him the Aztec talisman known as ""el corazon de piedra verde"" (""the green stone heart""). This talisman was worn by her father and represents the mystic powers of the Aztec religion. Alonso won, signifying the beginning of the Christianization of Mexico. Itzcauatzin gives his life as a human sacrifice vainly trying to add enough"
"for eleven years. As master of novices he had under his charge Francisco Suárez, the celebrated theologian. Alonso's characteristics in these offices were care, diligence, and charity. He was a religious of great piety and candour, hating all pride and ostentation. It was said of him by those who were personally acquainted with him, that his character and virtues were accurately depicted in ""Ejercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas"", published at Seville, 1609. This work is based on the material which he collected for his spiritual exhortations to his brethren, and published at the request of his superiors. Although the"
"a Lancer class Servant in the mobile game ""Fate/Grand Order"". Bradamante Bradamante (occasionally spelled Bradamant) is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: ""Orlando Innamorato"" by Matteo Maria Boiardo and ""Orlando Furioso"" by Ludovico Ariosto. Since the poems exerted a wide influence on later culture, she became a recurring character in Western art. Bradamante, a female Christian knight, is the sister of Rinaldo and falls in love with a Saracen warrior named Ruggiero, but refuses to marry him unless he converts from Islam. An expert in combat, she wields a magical lance that unhorses anyone it"
"Quijote"", which represents the Honourable Knight when he was still Alonso Quijano. He is humanized as an inhabitant of the Village, who would later become an idealist knight who wants to fight against the injustices of the world. The sculpture shows us Alonso Quijano while he is reading one of his countless books of chivalry orders leaning on one hand and looking up, imaging his next adventures. The figure of ""Sancho Panza"" seems to be a native of the Village, as well. ""Sancho"" is carrying some wine and cheese, which are typical products from this area. The ""Aldonza Lorenzo"" sculpture-"
"in prison. The original legend of Bernardo del Carpio was sung by the ""jongleurs"" of the Kingdom of León. Later, the Castilian poet Pero Ferrús (fl. 1380) mentions Bernardo del Carpio in one of his cantigas, which combines the theme of the good life in Castile with a series of ""loores"", or lyric paeans, to a series of Greek, Roman, Biblical, chivalric, and Arab heroes. In 1624 Bernardo de Balbuena published ""El Bernardo"", an account of Bernardo's exploits. It is considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish literature. In the opening of ""Don Quixote"", Cervantes has the protagonist especially admiring"
"Sant'Alessandro and then in 1810 to a chapel dedicated to him in the new cathedral. In 2000 Umberto Eco, a native of Alessandria, published his novel ""Baudolino"", whose eponymous twelfth-century hero meets the saint as a boy on a number of occasions ""in the Frescheta woods there specially when there's real fog when you can't see the tip of your nose."" Forty years later, during his career as a stylite near Byzantium, Eco has his hero perform a miracle of clairvoyance modelled closely on that of the saint. He has been depicted dressed as a bishop, surrounded by the geese,"
"Bradamante Bradamante (occasionally spelled Bradamant) is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: ""Orlando Innamorato"" by Matteo Maria Boiardo and ""Orlando Furioso"" by Ludovico Ariosto. Since the poems exerted a wide influence on later culture, she became a recurring character in Western art. Bradamante, a female Christian knight, is the sister of Rinaldo and falls in love with a Saracen warrior named Ruggiero, but refuses to marry him unless he converts from Islam. An expert in combat, she wields a magical lance that unhorses anyone it touches, and rescues Ruggiero from being imprisoned by the wizard"
"from his interrogation survived. The Young Man's works became known throughout the Morisco community, and he achieved fame as a scholar. His works were copied up to the end of the sixteenth century, and cited by Morisco authors up to the beginning of the seventeenth century, just before the expulsion of the Moriscos. He was the most productive known Islamic author in Spain during the period after the forced conversion of Muslims there, today historians often single him out for attention in studies of Morisco literature in this period. Young Man of Arévalo The Young Man of Arévalo () was"
"feats by knights-errant, dating back to the 13th century, while the fourth book emerges as a less brilliant attachment of the 15th century. The pristine style of ""Amadís"" can be perceived in the few original famous pages analyzed by Antonio Rodríguez Moñino: It is lively and straight to the facts of war and love, with brief dialogs, all quite elegant and amusing. ""Amadís of Gaula"" is frequently referenced in the humorous classic ""Don Quixote"", written by Miguel de Cervantes in the early 17th century. The character Don Quixote idolizes Amadís, and often compares his hero's adventures to his own. Historically,"
"Ricote (Don Quixote) Ricote is a fictional character who is referred to in Miguel de Cervantes' novel ""Don Quixote"". He was a wealthy ("""" meaning ""rich"" in Spanish) Morisco shopkeeper and old friend of Sancho Panza, who was banned from Spain in 1609 like all Moriscos. The expulsion of the Moriscos was a highly topical issue at the time when ""Don Quixote"" was written - occurring in between the publication of the first part (1605) and the second one (1615). In 2006 Govert Westerveld asserted that the Morisco Ricote came from the Ricote Valley, which hypothesis was confirmed by the"
"he joined an archconfraternity of secular priests which was later constituted as the first Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in Mexico. His work makes use of the typology of Augustine of Hippo, although applying it not to events in the New Testament but rather to events alleged to have occurred the previous century in Mexico. He was buried at the sanctuary of the Virgin at Guadalupe, having been her lifelong devotee and the first of the ""four evangelists"" of the Guadalupan apparition. Miguel Sánchez Miguel Sánchez (1594–1674) was a Novohispanic priest, writer and theologian. He is most renowned as the"
"chose their motives from these areas. The style is characterized as: ""refined, elegant, subtle, intellectual, and elitist"". The motif is inspired from one of the main characters in ""Orlando Furioso"", the 16th century Italian romantic epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto, a poem that has exerted a wide influence in the European literature. Roger (""Ruggiero"") is in love with the Christian woman Bradamante, who is a warrior and knight herself. The two lovers are separated many times in the story. Roger, originally a Muslim warrior fighting the Franks, has himself baptized to be able to marry Bradamante, who refuses otherwise to"
"Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed)22 April 1616 NS) was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. His novel ""Don Quixote"" has been translated into over 140 languages and dialects; it is, after the Bible, the most-translated book in the world. ""Don Quixote"", a classic of Western literature, is sometimes considered both the first modern novel and the best work of fiction ever written. Cervantes' influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language"
"through extended recitative passages. Augustine of Hippo Saint Augustine of Hippo (; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430 AD) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Period. Among his most important works are ""The City of God"", ""On Christian Doctrine"" and ""Confessions."" According to his contemporary Jerome, Augustine ""established anew the ancient Faith"". In"
"motivo principal alabar la figura de Diego Mexia de Fernangil"" (the entire text adopts the primary goal of praising the figure Diego Mexía de Fernangil); however, other critics believe the poem's main objective is the insistence that Spanish colonists are just as capable as Europeans of literary invention. Thus far, no English-language translation of the poem has been published. In Petrarchan fashion, and following the literary trends of early 17th Century Spanish colonial literature, Clarinda invokes mythological figures, such as Apollo, the Muses, and Orpheus, in her verses: La mano y el favor de la Cirene,<br> a quien Apolo amó"