Medievalists.net » Don Quixote http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Inquisitor and the Jewish Mother: The Role of Food in Creation of Converso Identity in Inquisition Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/12/the-inquisitor-and-the-jewish-mother-the-role-of-food-in-creation-of-converso-identity-in-inquisition-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/12/the-inquisitor-and-the-jewish-mother-the-role-of-food-in-creation-of-converso-identity-in-inquisition-spain/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21724 Peppered with a great deal of wit and humor, Don Quixote is a unique portrait of the cultural, social and political landscape of Spain at the turn of the seventeenth century.

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