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:'' Ricote is also a village formerly inhabited by Moriscoes.''
Ricote is a fictional character who is referred to in 
When Sancho leaves Barataria, he meets Ricote,''Don Quixote de la Mancha'' - Part Two
Chapter LIV
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/ref> Sancho and Don Quixote meet Ricote and his daughter Ana Félix in Barcelona. She is a fervent Christian and has been rescued from Berbery by a young noble neighbour from Sancho and Ricote's village. Her beauty and sincere faith convinces the authorities to arrange the re-admission of the Ricotes in Spain.
Miguel de Cervantes
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' novel ''Don Quixote
, the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...
''. He was a wealthy (''rico
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'' meaning "rich" unloved Spanish
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) Morisco
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shopkeeper
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and old friend of Sancho Panza
Sancho Panza (; ) is a fictional character in the novel ''Don Quixote'' written by Spain, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, ...
, who was banned from Spain in 1609 like all Moriscos. The expulsion of the Moriscos was a highly topical issue at the time when ''Don Quixote'' was written—occurring in between the publication of the first part (1605) and the second one (1615).
In 2006 Govert Westerveld asserted that the Morisco Ricote came from the Ricote Valley,Westerveld, Govert (2007). ''Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Ana Félix y el morisco Ricote del Valle de Ricote en "Don Quijote II" del año 1615''. (capítulos 54, 55, 63, 64 y 65). which hypothesis was confirmed by Francisco Márquez Villanueva.Marquez Villanueva, Francisco (2010) ''Moros, moriscos y turcos en Cervantes. Ensayos críticos.'' .
When Sancho leaves Barataria, he meets Ricote,''Don Quixote de la Mancha'' - Part TwoChapter LIV
/ref> returning in a group of
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pilgrim
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After meeting Sancho again, Ricote tells him that after the expulsion, he went north while his family went to Algiers
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Ricote and the pilgrims share food with Sancho, including "the black dainty called,
they say, caviar
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He tells him that he came back to recover some gold
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which he had buried near his house. Ricote recognizes to be a bad Christian and then asks Sancho to help him carry the money away.
But Sancho refuses as it would be a treason to his king.
LaterChapter LXIII/ref> Sancho and Don Quixote meet Ricote and his daughter Ana Félix in Barcelona. She is a fervent Christian and has been rescued from Berbery by a young noble neighbour from Sancho and Ricote's village. Her beauty and sincere faith convinces the authorities to arrange the re-admission of the Ricotes in Spain.
See also
* As a contrast in the perception of Moriscos, the first part of ''Don Quixote'', published in 1605, is said by Cervantes to have been an Arabic found manuscript by some Cide Hamete Benengeli, translated for Cervantes by a Morisco. * List of characters in ''Don Quixote''References and notes
Don Quixote characters Fictional Spanish people Islam in Spain Literary characters introduced in 1615 Fictional shopkeepers Male characters in literature Moriscos Fictional characters from the 17th century {{novel-char-stub