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LA REUNIÓN DE
FORT LAUDERDALE 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE 2005 REUNION - PAGE 7
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Panorama
of Fort Lauderdale and Port Everglades from left to right from the top of the
Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel
Military
history and captivity
The
reasons that forced Cervantes to leave Castile
remain uncertain. Whether he was a "student" of the same name, a
"sword-wielding fugitive from justice", or fleeing from a royal
warrant of arrest, for having wounded a certain Antonio de Sigura in a duel, is
another mystery.[8]
In any event, in going to Italy, Cervantes was doing what many young Spaniards
of the time did to further their careers in one way or another. Rome would
reveal to the young artist its ecclesiastic pomp, ritual,
and majesty. In a city teeming with ruins Cervantes could focus his attention on
Renaissance
art, architecture, and poetry (knowledge of Italian literature is readily discernible in his own
productions) and on rediscovering antiquity. He could find in the ancients
"a powerful impetus to revive the contemporary world in light of its
accomplishments".[9]
Thus, Cervantes' continuing desire for Italy, as revealed in his later works,
was in part a desire for a return to an earlier period of the Renaissance.[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes
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