(i) Miracles are Jewish, Christian and Muslim dogma.
(ii) It is a period of revolutionary discoveries, inventions and ideas.
(iii) The Spanish read tales of enchantment, like Amadis.
(iv) Cervantes has not yet satirized such literature.
(v) Scientists have not yet said that time travel is physically impossible.
(vi) Philosophers have not yet argued that it is logically impossible.
(vii) Castelar experiences the fact of time travel.
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And Castellar is an unusually intelligent man, one imaginative enough to join Pizzaro's expedition in the first place.
Note that according to Diaz' "Conquest of Mexico" (and he was there) when the conquistadors following Cortez came over the pass and saw the Valley of Mexico and its great cities and temples, they did exclaim: "This is like something out of Amadis of Gaul!"
Young hidalgos and would-be hidalgos read that sort of story all the time, and daydreamed about it.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling and Paul!
And even Cervantes, in DON QUIXOTE, wrote very favorably and respectfully of AMADIS OF GAUL. He plainly thought it one of the best of the old romances.
DON QUIXOTE, like MOBY DICK, is one of the many books I would like to reread!
Ad astra! Sean
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