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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
4,881 books3,559 followersMiguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.
It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.
In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.
He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.
In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.
He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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Ladies, and gentlemen taking advantage of the summer schedule, and that the Faculty of Medicine of Valladolid closes at 2:00 p.m. I can afford to stay up late to write this review that I was going to write on the night of June 28 was driven more by the impulses of the heart than of the head. Something very negative, since we must avoid any kind of emotivism that is one of the evils of today's society, but as St. Augustine would say https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... we must not endorse the generous impulses of the heart. As St. John Henry Newman said, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... "let the heart speak to the heart."
I was very interested in reading this story since I read "The Censor of Shakespeare" by Federico Trillo-Figueroa https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... he talked about a request that Miguel de Cervantes made to the protagonist William Shankey, and tells us how taking advantage of this event Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote "The English Spanish", and as a counterpart William Shakespeare wrote the lost play "Cardenio" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... . The first was a love song to England, and the work of William Shakespeare taking advantage of the happy international situation the Treaty of Greenwich (1605), and the good relations between the Spanish ambassador the Count of Gondomar and King James / James allowed both plays to be written. Although the work of the Bard, or the Swan of Avon https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... has not reached us.
I have often been very England, because relations between the two countries have been bad. But unlike the proponents of Hispanidad I am not hostile to England, even if its rise meant our decline. If Spain wants to ensure its existence, it must return to being Catholic as defended by Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and Miguel de Unamuno https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , because if the territories that currently form it cannot be structured, and prey to the current secessionisms, it will be balkanized, or it will become different Taifa Kingdoms. A good Englishman must think the same. It is true that England may have been one of Spain's bitterest enemies. Although the Black Legend was born in Italy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... , and the crudest duels were with Holland, and France. But the enmity with England is due to the fact that England opted for the soft version of Protestantism Anglicanism (which today has become residual, because it is no longer in the interest of the anti-Catholic elites to maintain it). Before that England was one of the most Catholic countries in the world Hilaire Belloc https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... it could never be explained how the Reformation could triumph in a country that had been part of the Roman Empire, and that had more ties with France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal than with Germany, and a Church that was not as bad as other countries. True, he had had Wycliff https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and the Lollards, but they had been neutralized, and they were very few. The decision of Henry VIII https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... against the will of the majority of his subjects to accept the Reformation, and separate from the Catholic Church determined the fate of this country, which in the wake of the War of the Spanish Succession would end up becoming the most powerful country in the world. I also agree with Hilaire Belloc if England had remained Catholic the fate of the world would have been very different. But the Stuarts especially Charles II, and James II who had tried to reverse the unjust decisions of King Henry VIII, and his successors. The first clandestinely, and the second openly. Something that the plutocratic elites, that is, those who seized ecclesiastical property, and never wanted to return them, prepared a betrayal, or usurpation misnamed the glorious, which determined the history of the world, and of English Catholics. This has prevented reconciliation between our two countries. Not only that, but the ideas of this conspiracy were raised by the soul of this usurpation John Locke https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and contaminated the Catholic countries by rooting very strongly in France Montesquieu https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Diderot https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , D Alambert https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and Voltaire https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... were just people who received Locke's message, and through him, and the Freemasonry spread by the Huguenot Theophilus Dessaguliers https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and Pastor James Anderson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... spread the foundations of anti-Catholicism throughout Europe. It is said by someone who is far from our point of view such as John Maynard Keynes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... that the objective of all this was to subdue the crown, and end the Church. All anti-Catholic movements up to Wokism have been born from here, and it is seen that they are errors because they become a religion that tries to take the place of God in it they are seen to be bad. G.K. Chesterton would https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... say that they are Christian ideas that have gone crazy. That is why, just as the Christians converted Rome, it is necessary to pray that England becomes Catholic again not only because it was the hegemonic power, but because the soul of any person is important to God, and leaves any event, and pomp of this world in very little. That is why the remaining Catholics in England must be looked after. It is a pity that despite having emerged patriotic options do not take into account what I am writing, and look for your own. Centuries ago it was not like that, and it was understood that there was nothing above religion, but as Donoso Cortés would say https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... to realize how a country is doing, you have to see in what state the religion of that country is.
Today the greatest enemy that England has that as C.S. Lewis said https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... he recognized two Englands Logress that embodied everything noble, and good and England that embodied the bad the first was the land of Arthur, the Saxon holy kings, Milton against Mordred, the Normans (although they did good things), and Cromwell. Today the rather residual English Catholicism fights against other enemies and not the Anglicans, and the low Church, which no longer satisfy the enemies of the faith. Now the adversaries of Catholicism is the atheism of Dawkins, Harris, Denet, Pulman, and Hitchens https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... romoted by the political and cultural elites who prevent us from perceiving the beauty of Catholicism that thanks to the Oxford movement had recovered its strength and gave birth to the best writers. In my case to say the ones I like the most. But today even though Catholics do not have those legal obstacles of their ancestors today they can not publish, and their enemies are given a voice if they are Catholics they have to publish abroad, and our publishers prefer to lend voice to their enemies to continue maintaining this demonic matrix that we suffer, and may history be told by our adversaries, and so we cannot meet those who would return salt to this world. The story is best told to you by a Ken Follet https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., an atheist scientist like Stephen Hawking, or Richard Dawkins. In some cases they have used apostates such as Hilary Mantel https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., or Jill Paton Walsh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... . Despite the efforts made by Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Christopher Dawson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Maurice Baring https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Robert Hugh Benson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Graham Greene https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Evelyn Waugh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , J.R.R. Tolkien https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Hugh Ross Williamson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... ,George McKay Brown https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Muriel Spark https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Malcolm Muggeridge https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... . Despite the valiant attempts of these people, a step back has been taken and the enemies of the faith have regained lost ground. In some cases it has been Catholics who have yielded to the world. This means that new voices do not reach us, or if they do so sporadically I think of Piers Paul Read https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , David Lodge https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... (who although not Catholic is culturally), my friends Fiorella de Maria https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Corinna Turner https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Mark Adderley https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Suzanne M. Wolfe https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Austen Ivereigh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Jack Valero https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Joanna Bogle https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... the Caldecotts https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... . My admired Joseph Pearce https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... Why aren't we allowed to meet them? And yes to his detractors. The second danger facing and especially Europe is Islamization due to demographic collapse, and the culture of death soon Europe England will be Muslim as predicted by G.K. Chesterton in "The Flying Inn" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... , Anthony Burgess ""1985" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... to explain the rise of the LGBTI lobby I recommend "Wanting seed" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... , or Houellebecq has done it in "Submission" https://www.goodreads.com/author/show....
I believe that we should use the few forces we have left in evangelization and in turning our hearts to God, although it seems late it is never too late it will be when the end has come. But let's not get melancholy and talk about this little gem that is before us this wonderful short story has 65 pages and is a rare case of love between England, and Spain motivated by the policy of understanding between Spain, and England in the time of James / James I and Philip III thanks to the measures of the Spanish ambassador Gondomar. This novel was compared to "The Works of Persiles and Sigismunda" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... and tells the story of the Spanish girl Isabela kidnapped during the attack of the Duke of Essex on Cádiz in 1597, and Howard Effingham, which Cervantes in other verses compared to a Holy Week due to the flames, and violence a victim of that looting was La Vulnerata a mutilated Virgin, which can be venerated in the Church of the English in Valladolid near Don Sancho Street a few steps from my house. This novel in the prologue was compared with "The Works of Persiles and Segismunda" one of the most beloved works by Cervantes, and for many his second masterpiece, and which takes place in a mythical North (Iceland). Apart from Japan, and Poland I am also a person who likes the Nordic world I recommend a very good video of @deciamosayer on the protectorate of Philip II in Estonia to analyze the relations of sixteenth-century Spain with the Nordic world. One of the controversies of the novel is the date the authors of the prologue say that it was in 1597, by reference to Lest (Leicester), but they say that the raid of 1587 did not attack the city, and if in the attack of 1597. Taking advantage of this incursion Clotaldo a clandestine Catholic kidnaps Isabela (6-7) from Cádiz and raises her as if she were his daughter along with his wife Catalina, and his son Ricaredo for seven years. It happens that the two young men, despite the fact that their family wishes to see Ricaredo paired with the beautiful Scottish Catholic Clisterna. The names may be a bit out of place, and not very English, but this is compensated by the quality of the story. Being for me the book that I have liked to read Cervantes the most to date When they are about to marry, Queen Isabella calls Clotaldo, and his family, and they all come with fear, because Clotaldo's family are underground Catholics. A peculiarity of "The English Spaniard" is that Queen Elizabeth is not treated very badly is closer to the vision that Hilaire Belloc, or G.K. Chesterton have of her than Pearce. Elizabeth's relationship was somewhat peculiar since being Protestant owed her luck to her Protestant advisors who in the end ended up dominating her especially the Cecils (the rat named after Chesterton) and Walsingham also used occultists such as Dee https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... The paradox of her life is that she conspired to overthrow her half-sister Mary Tudor, and when Gardiner wanted to execute her the one who ended up saving her was our King Philip II, who was called by her "My dear enemy is a cloth". Robert Hugh Benson in his novel "The Queen's Tragedy" by Robert Hugh Benson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... through the priest Priuli collects a very bold position that there was evidence against Elizabeth I, that he conspired against his sister, and that Philip II occupied the throne even if this triggered a civil war, but thus could have saved the catholicity of the island restored by Mary Tudor, Only his early death prevented this.
I have never explained why Philip II cannot rule England and instead the usurper William III who was married to Mary II can pass in front of his sister-in-law Queen Anne. There are many novels that have dealt with the situation of Catholics in the Tudor era, Robert Hugh Benson's trilogy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... "The King Achievement" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... , "The Queen's Tragedy", "Come rack come rope" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... , "By what authorithy?" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... in the latter you see the tear in Benson's soul how as an Englishman he is proud of the English victory Invincible, but his sadness to see that in this way the reestablishment of Catholicism on the island is avoided (in that same line are "Robert Peckham" by Maurice Baring https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , "Outlaws of Ravenhurst" by M. Imelda Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... , "The Time Before You Die: A Novel of the Reformation" by Lucy Beckett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... , and "Treason: A Catholic Novel of Elizabethan England" by Dena Hunt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I was very interested in reading this story since I read "The Censor of Shakespeare" by Federico Trillo-Figueroa https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... he talked about a request that Miguel de Cervantes made to the protagonist William Shankey, and tells us how taking advantage of this event Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote "The English Spanish", and as a counterpart William Shakespeare wrote the lost play "Cardenio" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... . The first was a love song to England, and the work of William Shakespeare taking advantage of the happy international situation the Treaty of Greenwich (1605), and the good relations between the Spanish ambassador the Count of Gondomar and King James / James allowed both plays to be written. Although the work of the Bard, or the Swan of Avon https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... has not reached us.
I have often been very England, because relations between the two countries have been bad. But unlike the proponents of Hispanidad I am not hostile to England, even if its rise meant our decline. If Spain wants to ensure its existence, it must return to being Catholic as defended by Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and Miguel de Unamuno https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , because if the territories that currently form it cannot be structured, and prey to the current secessionisms, it will be balkanized, or it will become different Taifa Kingdoms. A good Englishman must think the same. It is true that England may have been one of Spain's bitterest enemies. Although the Black Legend was born in Italy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... , and the crudest duels were with Holland, and France. But the enmity with England is due to the fact that England opted for the soft version of Protestantism Anglicanism (which today has become residual, because it is no longer in the interest of the anti-Catholic elites to maintain it). Before that England was one of the most Catholic countries in the world Hilaire Belloc https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... it could never be explained how the Reformation could triumph in a country that had been part of the Roman Empire, and that had more ties with France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal than with Germany, and a Church that was not as bad as other countries. True, he had had Wycliff https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and the Lollards, but they had been neutralized, and they were very few. The decision of Henry VIII https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... against the will of the majority of his subjects to accept the Reformation, and separate from the Catholic Church determined the fate of this country, which in the wake of the War of the Spanish Succession would end up becoming the most powerful country in the world. I also agree with Hilaire Belloc if England had remained Catholic the fate of the world would have been very different. But the Stuarts especially Charles II, and James II who had tried to reverse the unjust decisions of King Henry VIII, and his successors. The first clandestinely, and the second openly. Something that the plutocratic elites, that is, those who seized ecclesiastical property, and never wanted to return them, prepared a betrayal, or usurpation misnamed the glorious, which determined the history of the world, and of English Catholics. This has prevented reconciliation between our two countries. Not only that, but the ideas of this conspiracy were raised by the soul of this usurpation John Locke https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and contaminated the Catholic countries by rooting very strongly in France Montesquieu https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Diderot https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , D Alambert https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and Voltaire https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... were just people who received Locke's message, and through him, and the Freemasonry spread by the Huguenot Theophilus Dessaguliers https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , and Pastor James Anderson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... spread the foundations of anti-Catholicism throughout Europe. It is said by someone who is far from our point of view such as John Maynard Keynes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... that the objective of all this was to subdue the crown, and end the Church. All anti-Catholic movements up to Wokism have been born from here, and it is seen that they are errors because they become a religion that tries to take the place of God in it they are seen to be bad. G.K. Chesterton would https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... say that they are Christian ideas that have gone crazy. That is why, just as the Christians converted Rome, it is necessary to pray that England becomes Catholic again not only because it was the hegemonic power, but because the soul of any person is important to God, and leaves any event, and pomp of this world in very little. That is why the remaining Catholics in England must be looked after. It is a pity that despite having emerged patriotic options do not take into account what I am writing, and look for your own. Centuries ago it was not like that, and it was understood that there was nothing above religion, but as Donoso Cortés would say https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... to realize how a country is doing, you have to see in what state the religion of that country is.
Today the greatest enemy that England has that as C.S. Lewis said https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... he recognized two Englands Logress that embodied everything noble, and good and England that embodied the bad the first was the land of Arthur, the Saxon holy kings, Milton against Mordred, the Normans (although they did good things), and Cromwell. Today the rather residual English Catholicism fights against other enemies and not the Anglicans, and the low Church, which no longer satisfy the enemies of the faith. Now the adversaries of Catholicism is the atheism of Dawkins, Harris, Denet, Pulman, and Hitchens https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... romoted by the political and cultural elites who prevent us from perceiving the beauty of Catholicism that thanks to the Oxford movement had recovered its strength and gave birth to the best writers. In my case to say the ones I like the most. But today even though Catholics do not have those legal obstacles of their ancestors today they can not publish, and their enemies are given a voice if they are Catholics they have to publish abroad, and our publishers prefer to lend voice to their enemies to continue maintaining this demonic matrix that we suffer, and may history be told by our adversaries, and so we cannot meet those who would return salt to this world. The story is best told to you by a Ken Follet https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., an atheist scientist like Stephen Hawking, or Richard Dawkins. In some cases they have used apostates such as Hilary Mantel https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., or Jill Paton Walsh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... . Despite the efforts made by Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Christopher Dawson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Maurice Baring https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Robert Hugh Benson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Graham Greene https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Evelyn Waugh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , J.R.R. Tolkien https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Hugh Ross Williamson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... ,George McKay Brown https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Muriel Spark https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Malcolm Muggeridge https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... . Despite the valiant attempts of these people, a step back has been taken and the enemies of the faith have regained lost ground. In some cases it has been Catholics who have yielded to the world. This means that new voices do not reach us, or if they do so sporadically I think of Piers Paul Read https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , David Lodge https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... (who although not Catholic is culturally), my friends Fiorella de Maria https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Corinna Turner https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Mark Adderley https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Suzanne M. Wolfe https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Austen Ivereigh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Jack Valero https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , Joanna Bogle https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... the Caldecotts https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... . My admired Joseph Pearce https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... Why aren't we allowed to meet them? And yes to his detractors. The second danger facing and especially Europe is Islamization due to demographic collapse, and the culture of death soon Europe England will be Muslim as predicted by G.K. Chesterton in "The Flying Inn" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... , Anthony Burgess ""1985" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... to explain the rise of the LGBTI lobby I recommend "Wanting seed" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... , or Houellebecq has done it in "Submission" https://www.goodreads.com/author/show....
I believe that we should use the few forces we have left in evangelization and in turning our hearts to God, although it seems late it is never too late it will be when the end has come. But let's not get melancholy and talk about this little gem that is before us this wonderful short story has 65 pages and is a rare case of love between England, and Spain motivated by the policy of understanding between Spain, and England in the time of James / James I and Philip III thanks to the measures of the Spanish ambassador Gondomar. This novel was compared to "The Works of Persiles and Sigismunda" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... and tells the story of the Spanish girl Isabela kidnapped during the attack of the Duke of Essex on Cádiz in 1597, and Howard Effingham, which Cervantes in other verses compared to a Holy Week due to the flames, and violence a victim of that looting was La Vulnerata a mutilated Virgin, which can be venerated in the Church of the English in Valladolid near Don Sancho Street a few steps from my house. This novel in the prologue was compared with "The Works of Persiles and Segismunda" one of the most beloved works by Cervantes, and for many his second masterpiece, and which takes place in a mythical North (Iceland). Apart from Japan, and Poland I am also a person who likes the Nordic world I recommend a very good video of @deciamosayer on the protectorate of Philip II in Estonia to analyze the relations of sixteenth-century Spain with the Nordic world. One of the controversies of the novel is the date the authors of the prologue say that it was in 1597, by reference to Lest (Leicester), but they say that the raid of 1587 did not attack the city, and if in the attack of 1597. Taking advantage of this incursion Clotaldo a clandestine Catholic kidnaps Isabela (6-7) from Cádiz and raises her as if she were his daughter along with his wife Catalina, and his son Ricaredo for seven years. It happens that the two young men, despite the fact that their family wishes to see Ricaredo paired with the beautiful Scottish Catholic Clisterna. The names may be a bit out of place, and not very English, but this is compensated by the quality of the story. Being for me the book that I have liked to read Cervantes the most to date When they are about to marry, Queen Isabella calls Clotaldo, and his family, and they all come with fear, because Clotaldo's family are underground Catholics. A peculiarity of "The English Spaniard" is that Queen Elizabeth is not treated very badly is closer to the vision that Hilaire Belloc, or G.K. Chesterton have of her than Pearce. Elizabeth's relationship was somewhat peculiar since being Protestant owed her luck to her Protestant advisors who in the end ended up dominating her especially the Cecils (the rat named after Chesterton) and Walsingham also used occultists such as Dee https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... The paradox of her life is that she conspired to overthrow her half-sister Mary Tudor, and when Gardiner wanted to execute her the one who ended up saving her was our King Philip II, who was called by her "My dear enemy is a cloth". Robert Hugh Benson in his novel "The Queen's Tragedy" by Robert Hugh Benson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... through the priest Priuli collects a very bold position that there was evidence against Elizabeth I, that he conspired against his sister, and that Philip II occupied the throne even if this triggered a civil war, but thus could have saved the catholicity of the island restored by Mary Tudor, Only his early death prevented this.
I have never explained why Philip II cannot rule England and instead the usurper William III who was married to Mary II can pass in front of his sister-in-law Queen Anne. There are many novels that have dealt with the situation of Catholics in the Tudor era, Robert Hugh Benson's trilogy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... "The King Achievement" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... , "The Queen's Tragedy", "Come rack come rope" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... , "By what authorithy?" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... in the latter you see the tear in Benson's soul how as an Englishman he is proud of the English victory Invincible, but his sadness to see that in this way the reestablishment of Catholicism on the island is avoided (in that same line are "Robert Peckham" by Maurice Baring https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , "Outlaws of Ravenhurst" by M. Imelda Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... , "The Time Before You Die: A Novel of the Reformation" by Lucy Beckett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... , and "Treason: A Catholic Novel of Elizabethan England" by Dena Hunt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
October 28, 2020
A los 7 años, Isabela es raptada por Clotaldo, un caballero inglés, y llevada desde Cadiz a Londres para ser criada por él y su esposa Catalina. Algunos años despues, Ricaredo, el hijo de Clotaldo, confiesa su amor a Isabela, quien ahora es una joven de mucho talento y belleza. Ricaredo se pone al servicio de la reina para demostrar que es digno de la mano de Isabela, y después de una victoria en heroicas batallas, consigue el permiso para su casamiento.
Durante la ausencia de Ricaredo, Arnesto, hijo de la camarera mayor de la reina, se enamora de Isabela e intenta separarla de Ricaredo a toda costa. Este amor no correspondido desencadena una serie de desdichas para Isabela y Ricaredo, pero el amor que se tienen supera las adversidades y las barreras del tiempo y la distancia.
Es casi increible que esta historia haya sido publicada hace mas de 4 siglos. El genio de Cervantes, ha permitido que su obra literaria sea hasta el día de hoy la mas representativa e imporante de la literatura española (y mundial).
En esta historia, Cervantes presenta su idea del amor puro y verdadero. Uno que transciende lo físico, y se enfoca mas bien en la belleza interior. Hay mucho énfasis en la belleza de Isabela, la cual es el motivo de muchas de sus desgracias: el rapto de Clotado, la envidia de las criadas, los amores no deseados. Y es solo cuando pierde esta belleza, que descubre el amor incondicional de Ricaredo.
Llena de giros inesperados, la española inglesa es una lectura entretenida, intemporal y una muy pequeña muestra del inigualable ingenio de Cervantes.
Durante la ausencia de Ricaredo, Arnesto, hijo de la camarera mayor de la reina, se enamora de Isabela e intenta separarla de Ricaredo a toda costa. Este amor no correspondido desencadena una serie de desdichas para Isabela y Ricaredo, pero el amor que se tienen supera las adversidades y las barreras del tiempo y la distancia.
Es casi increible que esta historia haya sido publicada hace mas de 4 siglos. El genio de Cervantes, ha permitido que su obra literaria sea hasta el día de hoy la mas representativa e imporante de la literatura española (y mundial).
En esta historia, Cervantes presenta su idea del amor puro y verdadero. Uno que transciende lo físico, y se enfoca mas bien en la belleza interior. Hay mucho énfasis en la belleza de Isabela, la cual es el motivo de muchas de sus desgracias: el rapto de Clotado, la envidia de las criadas, los amores no deseados. Y es solo cuando pierde esta belleza, que descubre el amor incondicional de Ricaredo.
Llena de giros inesperados, la española inglesa es una lectura entretenida, intemporal y una muy pequeña muestra del inigualable ingenio de Cervantes.
June 12, 2020
Tenía poca gana de leerlo y pensaba que no me iba a gustar, pero está bien. ⭐⭐⭐
Con la relectura me ha gustado más.⭐⭐⭐🌠
Con la relectura me ha gustado más.⭐⭐⭐🌠
January 12, 2025
3'5
Para ser antiguo, me ha gustado, es cortito y leíble (aunque tenga algunas parrafadas que son inentendibles). Se lee rápido y es entretenido. Los personajes me han gustado, aunque utilicen a Isabela como si fuera una pulsera que se ponen o se quitan como les da la gana pero en fin la época supongo
Para ser antiguo, me ha gustado, es cortito y leíble (aunque tenga algunas parrafadas que son inentendibles). Se lee rápido y es entretenido. Los personajes me han gustado, aunque utilicen a Isabela como si fuera una pulsera que se ponen o se quitan como les da la gana pero en fin la época supongo
June 15, 2023
Sim, sim, tem todos aqueles defeitos barrocos, uma adjetivação exagerada e tal. Mas, e essa ação toda? Agilidade narrativa, transição de cenas, o enredo redondo, todas as causalidades resolvidas. Tudo impecável, coisa de gênio.
August 24, 2014
Si bien,La española inglesa,es una obra literaria que forma parte de la colección de Cervantes, publicada en 1613. La misma, relata la historia de una niña de Cádiz, llamada Isabela, raptada con siete años de edad y llevada a Inglaterra por un hombre llamado Clotaldo. Tenia una mujer llamada Catalina y un Hijo, Ricaredo. Eran católicos Secretos. Pronto,Isabela,aunque realizaba tareas de criada era enseñada como una niña inglesa normal y corriente, y se le instruía en el cristianismo. Unos años después, Ricaredo se enamoró de Isabela y está también.Ambos querían casarse,y,por eso,fueron a pedirle el permiso a la Reina. Ella al ver a Isabela quedo fascinada por su belleza y le dijo a Ricaredo que debía demostrar que era digno de ella. El partió con una flota a explorar. Donde, fue atacado por una galeras turcas, a las que vencieron. Mas tarde, se dieron cuenta que en el barco había prisioneros españoles y, es allí, donde Ricaredo reconoce a los padres de Isabela. Y una vez allí, surge un rencuentro entre Isabela y Sus padres. Al llegar el momento tan esperado, la boda, la misma es suspendida debido a que el hijo de una sirvienta del palacio se enamora de Isabela. Y los dos enamorados se disponían a pelear por ella.
La Sirvienta, no contenta por la pena de su hijo, envenena a Isabela. Pero al ser trata de inmediato no muere aunque toda esa hermosura de la que estaba dotada desapareció. Ella volvió a España. Y Ricaredo estaba destinado a casarse con otra joven, pero resultó herido, creyendo que había muertos todos se apenaron y el casamiento fue anulado, Pero el se fue a España junto con Isabela y allí tomaron la decisión de casarse, y pasar su vida juntos y felizmente casados.
En mi opinión, Es una obra literaria muy interesante, me ha gustado. Por momentos te atrapa y provoca entusiasmo al lector para avanzar con la lectura, en cambio, por otros momentos, suele producir un enredo, debido a la ironía y la falta de nitidez, que es una de las características propias de Cervantes, a la hora de escribir su colección.
Si bien, en el trascurso de la novela, se va desarrollando una serie de conflictos como, el envenenamiento de Isabela y la herida de Ricaredo, su amor termina triunfando.
Relato Recomendable.
La Sirvienta, no contenta por la pena de su hijo, envenena a Isabela. Pero al ser trata de inmediato no muere aunque toda esa hermosura de la que estaba dotada desapareció. Ella volvió a España. Y Ricaredo estaba destinado a casarse con otra joven, pero resultó herido, creyendo que había muertos todos se apenaron y el casamiento fue anulado, Pero el se fue a España junto con Isabela y allí tomaron la decisión de casarse, y pasar su vida juntos y felizmente casados.
En mi opinión, Es una obra literaria muy interesante, me ha gustado. Por momentos te atrapa y provoca entusiasmo al lector para avanzar con la lectura, en cambio, por otros momentos, suele producir un enredo, debido a la ironía y la falta de nitidez, que es una de las características propias de Cervantes, a la hora de escribir su colección.
Si bien, en el trascurso de la novela, se va desarrollando una serie de conflictos como, el envenenamiento de Isabela y la herida de Ricaredo, su amor termina triunfando.
Relato Recomendable.
November 5, 2025
La verdad es que me ha encantado esta pequeña novela! Muy entretenida, con una mezcla entre romance, historias navales, y nobleza. Muy interesante la parte histórica, describe muy bien cómo era vivir en esa época, al igual que las cosas que pueden pasarte allí.
La forma en la que se describen los personajes y los sentimientos de estos es muy buena, la escritura es preciosa.
La he amado muchísimo! ❤️❤️❤️
La forma en la que se describen los personajes y los sentimientos de estos es muy buena, la escritura es preciosa.
La he amado muchísimo! ❤️❤️❤️
January 6, 2026
4,75/5
Iba con cero espectativas, solo estaba buscando un relato corto para leer y me ha sorprendido. Pese a estar públicado a inicios del siglo XVII tiene mucha influencia de la novela medieva, sobre todo el amor cortés y Bocaccio. Vamos que practicamente es una novela bizantina. Ha sido entretenida y ligera y me ha gustado ver lo bien informado que está sobre el mundo de su época en tanto al Imperio Otomano, Inglaterra y Portugal. La única excepción es la invención de un hijo de Isabel I, pero esto lo he entendido casi como burla por las tensiones entre España e Inglaterra en este momento. Me han gustado también algunas referencias al tiempo de cativerio de Cervantes y siento que el saber un poco más de su vida (sea verdad o no, who knows) ha hecho que me haya gustado más por ir viendo estos elementos. No le doy 5 estrellas porque well el hecho de que ella tenga 14 y él 20 por mucho que este normalizado en la época me ha echado para atrás y porque ha habido un tramo de la obra que si que se me ha hecho más pesado. Estoy deseando leer más de Cervantes
Iba con cero espectativas, solo estaba buscando un relato corto para leer y me ha sorprendido. Pese a estar públicado a inicios del siglo XVII tiene mucha influencia de la novela medieva, sobre todo el amor cortés y Bocaccio. Vamos que practicamente es una novela bizantina. Ha sido entretenida y ligera y me ha gustado ver lo bien informado que está sobre el mundo de su época en tanto al Imperio Otomano, Inglaterra y Portugal. La única excepción es la invención de un hijo de Isabel I, pero esto lo he entendido casi como burla por las tensiones entre España e Inglaterra en este momento. Me han gustado también algunas referencias al tiempo de cativerio de Cervantes y siento que el saber un poco más de su vida (sea verdad o no, who knows) ha hecho que me haya gustado más por ir viendo estos elementos. No le doy 5 estrellas porque well el hecho de que ella tenga 14 y él 20 por mucho que este normalizado en la época me ha echado para atrás y porque ha habido un tramo de la obra que si que se me ha hecho más pesado. Estoy deseando leer más de Cervantes
February 9, 2024
Novelita muy amena y fácil de entender. Historia de amor con final feliz. Recomendable si buscas una lectura ligera (se lee en una hora)
March 28, 2024
es una historia maravillosa, mas no atravesó mi corazón, por lo que no le doy las 5 estrellas.
La grandeza de Cervantes se está consolidando en mi mente.
La grandeza de Cervantes se está consolidando en mi mente.
January 20, 2025
No ha estado mal, es verdad que hay muchas parrafadas, pero la historia es bonita
September 26, 2017
Sottratta alla propria famiglia all'età di sette anni da un cavaliere inglese di nome Clotaldo, la spagnola Isabela viene allevata a Londra da quest'ultimo e da sua moglie Catalina, che in segreto professano come lei la fede cattolica. Col passare degli anni la ragazza s'innamora del loro figlio Ricaredo, valoroso e di nobili principi, ma sfortunatamente gia promesso in matrimonio ad una dama scozzese scelta dai genitori.
L'amore avrà la meglio, ma quando i due giovani saranno sul punto di sposarsi, la regina d'Inghilterra, colpita dalla fanciulla, deciderà di prenderla sotto la sua protezione accettando di concederla in moglie a Ricaredo soltanto se quest'ultimo saprà dimostrarsene degno. Per i due fidanzati avrà così inizio una serie di rocambolesche vicissitudini: prima la partenza di Ricaredo per la guerra, poi l'intromissione di uno spasimante geloso, in seguito le macchinazioni della madre di costui, che culmineranno nell'avvelenamento della povera Isabela, da cui la ragazza si riprenderà rimanendo però sfigurata e decisa, dopo ulteriori peripezie, ad entrare in convento.
La Provvidenza, però, ha ben altri piani per lei.
Sebbene Miguel de Cervantes venga generalmente ricordato soprattutto per quel celeberrimo caposaldo della letteratura mondiale che è il Don Chisciotte, la sua fu in realtà una produzione vastissima che spazia dal romanzo al teatro, passando per la poesia e la narrazione breve, di cui troviamo il miglior esempio nella raccolta delle così dette Novelas ejemplares, a cui appartiene appunto questo racconto.
Pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1613, La española inglesa si presenta come una tipica novela bizantina di cui ricalca fedelmente lo schema ed i tradizionali tópoi: la storia d'amore contrastata tra i due giovani protagonisti; le innumerevoli vicissitudini a cui costoro dovranno far fronte per coronare il loro sogno; il ricorso all'inganno e ai travestimenti; l'esaltazione dell'amore casto, e l'immancabile tematica del viaggio per mare come metafora della relazione osteggiata e della capacità del sentimento di superare le avversità e rafforzarsi.
Non mi ero mai cimentata prima d'ora nella lettura di Cervantes e, sebbene la lingua utilizzata - uno spagnolo classico del XVII secolo - risulti lievemente ostico, devo ammettere che immergermi nel racconto di questo amore puro e indistruttibile, messo alla prova da mille ostacoli, ma destinato a trionfare malgrado tutto, è stato insolitamente piacevole: è stato un po'come ritrovare le atmosfere delle fiabe di una volta tra impavidi cavalieri, bellissime principesse, duelli all'ultimo sangue, coincidenze provvidenziali, e malvagi antagonisti condannati, presto o tardi, a pagare per le proprie colpe.
L'unico neo, a mio parere, è l'utilizzo indiscriminato di nomi spagnoli anche per i personaggi di nazionalità britannica: di fronte a un Clotaldo o a un Ricaredo, diventa francamente un po'difficile ricordarsi che la storia è ambientata in Inghilterra e non in terra iberica.
Ad ogni modo una novella graziosa, che sarebbe auspicabile poter leggere prima o poi anche in un'adeguata traduzione italiana.
Segnalo, infine, a chi conosca lo spagnolo, il film per la tv trasmesso qualche anno fa da TVE, purtroppo mai arrivato nel nostro Paese: una trasposizione dal piglio certamente più moderno e avventuroso rispetto al testo originale, ma perfetto per chi volesse calarsi per qualche ora nel romanticismo rassicurante di una fiaba d'altri tempi, piacevolmente immersa nelle tradizionali atmosfere del romanzo cavalleresco.
L'amore avrà la meglio, ma quando i due giovani saranno sul punto di sposarsi, la regina d'Inghilterra, colpita dalla fanciulla, deciderà di prenderla sotto la sua protezione accettando di concederla in moglie a Ricaredo soltanto se quest'ultimo saprà dimostrarsene degno. Per i due fidanzati avrà così inizio una serie di rocambolesche vicissitudini: prima la partenza di Ricaredo per la guerra, poi l'intromissione di uno spasimante geloso, in seguito le macchinazioni della madre di costui, che culmineranno nell'avvelenamento della povera Isabela, da cui la ragazza si riprenderà rimanendo però sfigurata e decisa, dopo ulteriori peripezie, ad entrare in convento.
La Provvidenza, però, ha ben altri piani per lei.
Sebbene Miguel de Cervantes venga generalmente ricordato soprattutto per quel celeberrimo caposaldo della letteratura mondiale che è il Don Chisciotte, la sua fu in realtà una produzione vastissima che spazia dal romanzo al teatro, passando per la poesia e la narrazione breve, di cui troviamo il miglior esempio nella raccolta delle così dette Novelas ejemplares, a cui appartiene appunto questo racconto.
Pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1613, La española inglesa si presenta come una tipica novela bizantina di cui ricalca fedelmente lo schema ed i tradizionali tópoi: la storia d'amore contrastata tra i due giovani protagonisti; le innumerevoli vicissitudini a cui costoro dovranno far fronte per coronare il loro sogno; il ricorso all'inganno e ai travestimenti; l'esaltazione dell'amore casto, e l'immancabile tematica del viaggio per mare come metafora della relazione osteggiata e della capacità del sentimento di superare le avversità e rafforzarsi.
Non mi ero mai cimentata prima d'ora nella lettura di Cervantes e, sebbene la lingua utilizzata - uno spagnolo classico del XVII secolo - risulti lievemente ostico, devo ammettere che immergermi nel racconto di questo amore puro e indistruttibile, messo alla prova da mille ostacoli, ma destinato a trionfare malgrado tutto, è stato insolitamente piacevole: è stato un po'come ritrovare le atmosfere delle fiabe di una volta tra impavidi cavalieri, bellissime principesse, duelli all'ultimo sangue, coincidenze provvidenziali, e malvagi antagonisti condannati, presto o tardi, a pagare per le proprie colpe.
L'unico neo, a mio parere, è l'utilizzo indiscriminato di nomi spagnoli anche per i personaggi di nazionalità britannica: di fronte a un Clotaldo o a un Ricaredo, diventa francamente un po'difficile ricordarsi che la storia è ambientata in Inghilterra e non in terra iberica.
Ad ogni modo una novella graziosa, che sarebbe auspicabile poter leggere prima o poi anche in un'adeguata traduzione italiana.
Segnalo, infine, a chi conosca lo spagnolo, il film per la tv trasmesso qualche anno fa da TVE, purtroppo mai arrivato nel nostro Paese: una trasposizione dal piglio certamente più moderno e avventuroso rispetto al testo originale, ma perfetto per chi volesse calarsi per qualche ora nel romanticismo rassicurante di una fiaba d'altri tempi, piacevolmente immersa nelle tradizionali atmosfere del romanzo cavalleresco.
April 13, 2022
La española inglesa, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
47 páginas
Este entremés nos relata la historia de Isabela, una joven española (llamada la prisionera de Cádiz) raptada a los 7 años (de ahí su apodo “La prisionera de Cádiz”) por el capitán Clotaldo, quien la lleva a vivir a Alondras con su mujer Catalina e hijo mayor Ricaredo.
Catalina se encariña con Isabela y Ricaredo se enamora de ella y es correspondido; pero,para casarse habrá que obtener el consentimiento de la Reina.
Diversos hechos y acontecimientos hacen que Isabela pierda su belleza, hasta entonces era la más bella del reino. Ricaredo, comprometido por sus padres ahora con otra mujer, parte a Roma, pero se dá a Isabela y en dos años irá por ella a España a donde se regresa con sus padres para recuperarse de su salud y belleza mermadas por envenenamiento.
Con un final de cuento de hadas, concluye esta novela ejemplar en donde el amor está más allá de la belleza, y ésta resulta ser motivo pasiones y envidias. El autor sutilmente no habla también de la religión católica contra la anglicana.
Más allá del mensaje que nos deja esta lectura, es una delicia leer a Don Miguel con un léxico tan profuso como bello.
Recomendable!
@libros_aidasantillan
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Este entremés nos relata la historia de Isabela, una joven española (llamada la prisionera de Cádiz) raptada a los 7 años (de ahí su apodo “La prisionera de Cádiz”) por el capitán Clotaldo, quien la lleva a vivir a Alondras con su mujer Catalina e hijo mayor Ricaredo.
Catalina se encariña con Isabela y Ricaredo se enamora de ella y es correspondido; pero,para casarse habrá que obtener el consentimiento de la Reina.
Diversos hechos y acontecimientos hacen que Isabela pierda su belleza, hasta entonces era la más bella del reino. Ricaredo, comprometido por sus padres ahora con otra mujer, parte a Roma, pero se dá a Isabela y en dos años irá por ella a España a donde se regresa con sus padres para recuperarse de su salud y belleza mermadas por envenenamiento.
Con un final de cuento de hadas, concluye esta novela ejemplar en donde el amor está más allá de la belleza, y ésta resulta ser motivo pasiones y envidias. El autor sutilmente no habla también de la religión católica contra la anglicana.
Más allá del mensaje que nos deja esta lectura, es una delicia leer a Don Miguel con un léxico tan profuso como bello.
Recomendable!
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March 31, 2024
LA ESPAÑOLA INGLESA es una novela de las de tipo idealista (como «El amante liberal). Comparte con la citada «El amante liberal» el tema de la cautividad en este caso en la Inglaterra isabelina (aunque nos cuenta un episodio muy similar al que vivió el propio Cervantes en Argel —cita incluso a su captor real, Arnaute Mamí, citado también en «Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda»—. Es leída hoy una novela de aventuras con enamoramiento entre dos hermanastros incluido. La española del título, gaditana por más señas y de nombre Isabela, es secuestrada por un inglés, Clotaldo, que la lleva a su tierra y la cría como a hija propia, con la mala fortuna de que su propio hijo se enamora de ella. Este hijo, Ricaredo, vive una serie de aventuras para acabar consiguiendo a su amada. Entre esas vicisitudes sufre una especialmente cruel: una cortesana de la reina Isabel, cuyo hijo también está encaprichado de la irresistible Isabela, la envenena, pero ésta no llega a morir sino que «Finalmente, Isabela no perdió la vida, que el quedar con ella la naturaleza lo conmutó en dejarla sin cejas, pestañas y sin cabello; el rostro hinchado, la tez perdida, los cueros levantados y los ojos lagrimosos. Finalmente, quedó tan fea que, como hasta allí había parecido un milagro de hermosura, entonces parecía un monstruo de fealdad. Por mayor desgracia tenían los que la conocían haber quedado de aquella manera que si la hubiera muerto el veneno. Con todo esto, Ricaredo se la pidió a la reina y le suplicó se la dejase llevar a su casa, porque el amor que la tenía pasaba del cuerpo al alma y que si Isabela había perdido su belleza, no podía haber perdido sus infinitas virtudes.» Este amor profundo y espiritual de Ricaredo tiene recompensa con un lieto fine: Isabela recupera su belleza y a su amado, tras haber sido capturado por los turcos y estar a punto de entrar en religión y convertirse en la más bella monja de Sevilla.
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March 30, 2024
Una niña de 7 años de nombre Isabela, es raptada por el inglés Clotaldo y llevada a Londres como parte de los "despojos" de la toma de Cadiz. Clotaldo entrega Isabela a su mujer Catalina quien la cría como hija propia. Crece bella y muy virtuosa al punto que Ricaredo, el hijo de Clotaldo, se enamora de ella. Ricaredo no se queda a la zaga de su amada en cuanto a virtudes y belleza. Esta relación, que pasa por muchas vicisitudes, es el centro de la novela y de la acción que nos va a llevar de Cadiz, a Londres, a Francia, Italia y Sevilla.
A diferencia de las novelas de la época, en la Española Inglesa no es el heroísmo lo que permite superar los obstáculos sino la perseverancia y proceso de redención que ponen en práctica los personajes centrales. Pero la lección que aparentemente desea el autor que extraigamos de la novela en el último párrafo, cuando dice que la virtud y la hermosura pueden hasta "enamorar a los enemigos", obliga a una lectura más detenida. La apertura de la novela apenas disimula la violencia del rapto de una niña con la educación esmerada que recibe de sus captores. Nos dicen que el saqueo ha producido ruina entre gentes antes muy ricas. Se "tolera" el catolicismo de algunos súbditos de la reina inglesa pero las prácticas deben disimularse. Varios personajes, entre otros la reina inglesa, hablan tanto español como inglés, aunque Isabela es verdaderamente bilingüe. En la armonía que crea la virtud y hermosura de Isabela y Ricaredo irrumpe de repente el ruido de la guerra entre españoles e ingleses de la época.
A diferencia de las novelas de la época, en la Española Inglesa no es el heroísmo lo que permite superar los obstáculos sino la perseverancia y proceso de redención que ponen en práctica los personajes centrales. Pero la lección que aparentemente desea el autor que extraigamos de la novela en el último párrafo, cuando dice que la virtud y la hermosura pueden hasta "enamorar a los enemigos", obliga a una lectura más detenida. La apertura de la novela apenas disimula la violencia del rapto de una niña con la educación esmerada que recibe de sus captores. Nos dicen que el saqueo ha producido ruina entre gentes antes muy ricas. Se "tolera" el catolicismo de algunos súbditos de la reina inglesa pero las prácticas deben disimularse. Varios personajes, entre otros la reina inglesa, hablan tanto español como inglés, aunque Isabela es verdaderamente bilingüe. En la armonía que crea la virtud y hermosura de Isabela y Ricaredo irrumpe de repente el ruido de la guerra entre españoles e ingleses de la época.
October 5, 2025
Muy sorprendida para bien, nunca hubiese imaginado leer Cervántes y que me gustase y enganchase tanto.
La española inglesa forma parte de las Novelas Ejemplares de Miguel de Cervantes.
Esta adaptación de Emilia permite a todo tipo de personas acceder a obras tan interesantes como esta, donde se combinan eventos históricos reales con la historia fantástica de los protagonistas, Isabela y Roberto. ⚓️⛪️🤍
Esta versión incluye un “cuaderno de estudio” donde se explica el contexto histórico con la guerra anglo-española (1585-1604) y el gran saqueo de Cádiz (1596), la intención del autor, léxico y muchas otras cuestiones. El poder comprender todo esto hace que tu imaginación lectora vaya más haya y te sumerjas en la España e Inglaterra del siglo XVI.
Siendo un texto que tiene ya unos 400 años, tiene una perspectiva narrativa muy actual, tratando tópicos que bien podrían ser de ahora, como la importancia del esfuerzo personal para superar adversidades y la maldad o bondad de las personas independientemente de su raza o etnia.
Si quieres empezar a leer clásicos, te gusta el amor, los desafios y la historia:
ESTE ES TU LIBRO! ✨
La española inglesa forma parte de las Novelas Ejemplares de Miguel de Cervantes.
Esta adaptación de Emilia permite a todo tipo de personas acceder a obras tan interesantes como esta, donde se combinan eventos históricos reales con la historia fantástica de los protagonistas, Isabela y Roberto. ⚓️⛪️🤍
Esta versión incluye un “cuaderno de estudio” donde se explica el contexto histórico con la guerra anglo-española (1585-1604) y el gran saqueo de Cádiz (1596), la intención del autor, léxico y muchas otras cuestiones. El poder comprender todo esto hace que tu imaginación lectora vaya más haya y te sumerjas en la España e Inglaterra del siglo XVI.
Siendo un texto que tiene ya unos 400 años, tiene una perspectiva narrativa muy actual, tratando tópicos que bien podrían ser de ahora, como la importancia del esfuerzo personal para superar adversidades y la maldad o bondad de las personas independientemente de su raza o etnia.
Si quieres empezar a leer clásicos, te gusta el amor, los desafios y la historia:
ESTE ES TU LIBRO! ✨
January 7, 2022
Un noble inglés se lleva a una niña de Cádiz, Isabela, y la forma y cría en su casa como doncella. Quiere la suerte que el hijo de este noble se enamore de Isabela y pida su mano a la reina de Inglaterra. Ella como prenda pide que se embarque en una misión, allí encuentra a los padres de Isabela y los devuelve junto a su hija.
Ricaredo e Isabela se prometen, pero ocurrirán una serie de aventuras hasta que puedan casarse.
Ricaredo e Isabela se prometen, pero ocurrirán una serie de aventuras hasta que puedan casarse.
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November 7, 2019Uma história bem bonitinha, com uma linguagem até de fácil compreensão, apesar que fiquei um pouco confusa a cerca de como se dava realmente o pagamento dos resgates dos cativos. Mas foi bem interessante a leitura, que apesar de ser uma novela bem curtinha, não deixa pontas soltas e tem um romance de esquentar um pouco o coração.
November 13, 2021
Novela corta donde Cervantes mezcla el amor, la desventura, religión, enemistades y tragedia, todo con su buena pluma y con su inconfundible escritura de la época , para quién le guste Cervantes es entretenida y te mete en la historia desde el principio
March 19, 2023
Con esta novela bizantina comencé mi gran aventura para adentrarme en la riqueza literaria de Cervantes. Gracias a ella aprendí a apreciar el valor artístico de la novela por encima de su fondo. Comprender el significado de la virtud y cómo prevalece por encima de la maldad.
May 4, 2023
Ya lo había leído en 3º de la ESO, aunque no me acordaba de casi nada. Siento que me podría haber gustado bastante si tuviera un vocabulario más actual, pero esa es la principal razón por la q disfruté poco el libro. 2’5/5
August 17, 2025
Una novela ejemplar de Cervantes quizá poco conocida pero sencilla de leer y entusiasmante que rezuma por los poros las virtudes del honor, el respeto y la lealtad. Y plantea el dilema de la pública honestidad de dos personas que, viviendo bajo un mismo techo, se encienden en un legítimo amor.
September 13, 2019
Novela corta, de una Gaditana raptada por los ingleses, que finalmente vuelve a Sevilla y se casa con el inglés al que la promete la reina de Inglaterra.
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January 9, 2021
Es una historia simple, creo. Escuche el audio, y sinceramente no me gustó tanto cómo se ha leído.
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January 25, 2023read for my uni course
March 21, 2023
me encanta el drama y conflicto esto es súper divertido, pero me gustaría haber visto mas el punto de vista de Isabela mi vida que opinas
March 26, 2023
no entendí nada
December 24, 2023
Pretty privilege, definiendo nuestras vidas desde tiempos inmemoriables.
February 3, 2024
Sin duda una de las mejores entre las Novelas Ejemplares, llena de sorpresas y giros inesperados. En mi opinión no estaría fuera de lugar dentro de El Quijote.
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