# Don Quixote in the Archives, Vol. 1

By **Dale Shuger**

- ISBN-13: 9781399567237
- Series: [Edinburgh Critical Studies In Renaissance Culture](https://mybookbandits.com/series/edinburgh-critical-studies-in-renaissance-culture)
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 232
- Published: 31 Jul 2026

## About this book

A new reading of madness in Don Quixote based on archival accounts of insanity.From the records of the Spanish Inquisition, Dale Shuger presents a social corpus of early modern madness that differs radically from the 'literary' madness previously studied. Drawing on over 100 accounts of insanity defences, many of which

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