![]() ![]() Several decades later, in the tense years leading up to the expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain, Mateo Alemán reprised themes from this romance in his novel Guzmán de Alfarache. Their enormously popular tale was repeated or imitated in numerous ballads and novels when the character Don Quixote is wounded in his first sortie, he imagines himself as Abindarráez on the field. His captor, a Spanish governor, befriends and admires the Moorish knight, ultimately releasing him to marry his beloved. "The Abencerraje" tells of the Moorish knight Abindarráez, whose plans to wed are interrupted when he is taken prisoner by Christian knights. Since its publication in 1561, an anonymous tale of love, friendship, and chivalry has captivated readers in Spain and across Europe. ![]()
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