so Dulcinea is the key?
actually history is the key
I can see a long explanation coming
well my credibility has been challenged
didn't you say you were insulted?
they kind of go together
so now we need a history lesson?
this shouldn't take long
not at this rate
you have to start with the Muslim conquest of Spain
didn't that start in 711
and it continued through 732 when they were stopped at Tours
that is close to Paris
after that it took over 750 years to drive them out
so it was the Christians against the Muslims
the Jews were often accused of playing each side against the other
that must have been ugly
as ugly as the Spanish inquisition
that is ugly
it is believed that the author of don quixote is Jewish and in the book he claims to have found these Arabic manuscripts
didn't Cervantes fight with the Christians in Lepanto against the Muslims?
yes but supposedly as a slave
this gets complicated real fast
that is why it is a classic
actually history is the key
I can see a long explanation coming
well my credibility has been challenged
didn't you say you were insulted?
they kind of go together
so now we need a history lesson?
this shouldn't take long
not at this rate
you have to start with the Muslim conquest of Spain
didn't that start in 711
and it continued through 732 when they were stopped at Tours
that is close to Paris
after that it took over 750 years to drive them out
so it was the Christians against the Muslims
the Jews were often accused of playing each side against the other
that must have been ugly
as ugly as the Spanish inquisition
that is ugly
it is believed that the author of don quixote is Jewish and in the book he claims to have found these Arabic manuscripts
didn't Cervantes fight with the Christians in Lepanto against the Muslims?
yes but supposedly as a slave
this gets complicated real fast
that is why it is a classic