- ^ Pronunciation: /ˌdɒn kiːˈhoʊti/ DON kee-HOH-tee, US also /-teɪ/ -tay,[1] Spanish: [doŋ kiˈxote] ⓘ, Early Modern Spanish: [doŋ kiˈʃote].
- ^ a b The modern-day spelling of Quixote in Spanish is Quijote.
- ^ Its full title is The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha or, in Spanish, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (Pronunciation: Spanish: [el iŋxeˈnjosojˈðalɣo ðoŋ kiˈxote ðe la ˈmantʃa] ⓘ), Early Modern Spanish: [el inʃeˈnjos̺ojˈðalɣo ðoŋ kiˈʃote ðe la ˈmantʃa, -ˈnjos̺o hiˈðalɣo-]) . In Part 2, hidalgo is replaced with caballero (Pronunciation: Spanish pronunciation: [kaβaˈʎeɾo], meaning "knight".
- ^ Although in popular usage, the term identifies a nobleman or woman, hidalga, without a hereditary title, the reality of the hidalguía, that is, the condition of hidalgo or hidalga, was, in practice, much more complex. Among other aspects, although not usually great landowners, hidalgos were exempted from paying taxes.
- ^ "A curious exemplification of the power of a single book for good or harm is shown in the effects wrought by Don Quixote and those wrought by Ivanhoe. The first swept the world's admiration for the mediaeval chivalry-silliness out of existence; and the other restored it. As far as our South is concerned, the good work done by Cervantes is pretty nearly a dead letter, so effectually has Scott's pernicious influence undermined it." Mark Twain (1883). Life on the Mississippi, p. 34. (Cited in Moore, 1922.)
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