Don Quixote in the Archives: Madness and Literature in Early Modern SpainA new reading of madness in Don Quixote based on archival accounts of insanity. From the records of the Spanish Inquisition, Dale Shuger presents a social corpus of early modern madness that differs radically from the 'literary' madness previously studied. Drawing on over 100 accounts of insanity defences, many of which contain statements from a wide social spectrum housekeepers, nieces, doctors, and barbers as well as the testimonies of the alleged