Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 1,509 (2004) and an area of 87.7 km² . Ricote had a community of Moriscos (crypto-Muslims) until the 1609 Expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain. Scholars Govert Westerveld and Prof. Francisco Márquez Villanueva of the Harvard University believe that the...
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[Don Quixote] ---- Ricote is a fictional character who is referred to in Miguel de Cervantes` novel Don Quixote. He was a wealthy (rico meaning `rich` in Spanish) Morisco shopkeeper and old friend of Sancho Panza, who was banned from Spain in 1609 like all Moriscos. The expulsion of the Moriscos was a highly topical issue at the time when `...
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