Download or read book The world of El Cid written by Simon Barton and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes.

Download or read book The Quest for El Cid written by Richard A. Fletcher and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodrigo Díaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile known as El Cid, is still honored in Spain as a national hero for liberating the fatherland from the occupying Moors. Yet, as this book reveals, there are many contradictions between eleventh-century reality and the mythology that developed later. By placing El Cid in a fresh, historical context, Fletcher shows us an adventurous soldier of fortune who was of a type, one of a number of "cids," or "bosses," who flourished in eleventh-century Spain. But the El Cid of legend--the national hero -- was unique in stature even in his lifetime. Before his death El Cid was already celebrated in a poem; posthumously he was immortalized in the great epic Poema de Mío Cid. When he died in Valencia in 1099, he was ruler of an independent principality he had carved for himself in Eastern Spain. Rather than the zealous Christian leader many believe him to have been, Rodrigo emerges in Fletcher's study as a mercenary equally at home in the feudal kingdoms of northern Spain and the exotic Moorish lands of the south, selling his martial skills to Christian and Muslim alike. Indeed, his very title derives from the Arabic word sayyid, meaning 'lord' or 'master.' And as there was little if any sense of Spanish nationhood in the eleventh century, he can hardly be credited for uniting a medieval Spanish nation. This ground-breaking inquiry into the life and times of El Cid disentangles fact from myth to create a striking portrait of an extraordinary man, clearly showing how and why legend transformed him into something he was not during his lifetime.--From publisher description.

Download or read book The Cid Campeador written by Antonio de Trueba and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cid Campeador" by Antonio de Trueba is a historical romance novel. The "Cid Campeador" has been for centuries the great popular hero of Spain. He takes the same place in that country as King Arthur does in England, Roland, or Rolando, in France, and William Tell in Switzerland; and, like them, his life and exploits are, to a great extent, founded on popular traditions. In English-speaking countries, there is very little known respecting him, and the translator ventures to place before the public a work which is considered by Spaniards to be one of the best historical romances in their literature. It is founded on a large number of ballads and other poetical pieces, extant in Spain for centuries, and on a very old work named "The Chronicle of the Cid."

Download or read book El Cid Campeador written by Henry Washington Lee and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cid Campeador A Historical Romance written by António de Trueba and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poem of the Cid Translation by Archer M Huntington written by Archer Milton Huntington and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story of the Castilian hero El Cid, which takes place during the Requonquista (reconquest of Spain from the Moors) and tells of El Cid's quest to regain his honor after being exiled through battling the Moorish armies. After granted back his honor, he seeks justice for his daughters who have been mistreated. The end result is the beginning of the unification of Spain.

Download or read book The Lay of the Cid written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Search of the Cid written by Stephen Clissold and published by London : Hodder and Stoughton. This book was released on 1965 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book El Cid Campeador written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cid Campeador and the Waning of the Crescent in the West written by Henry Butler Clarke and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the life and legend of El Cid, one of Spain's greatest national heroes. The reader gains insights into the cultural, religious, and political context in which El Cid lived and the impact he had on subsequent Spanish history and literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Poem of the Cid written by and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old epic details the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Díaz of Bivar, El Cid, and of his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The epic poem recounts the adventures of the Cid; of his peerless steed, Babieca, and of his two famous swords, Colada and Tizón; of his wife, Doña Ximena, and his two daughters, Doña Elvira and Doña Sol, who found sanctuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña during the Cid's exile; and of the despicable and black-hearted princes of Carrión, Diego and Fernando González. It is a powerful epic that sings of universal human values and failures, of loyalty and betrayal.

Download or read book The Cid Campeador the Legendary Spanish Romance written by Antonio De Trueba and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antonio De Trueba's masterpiece recounts the story of Spain's legendary hero "El Cid", the Castilian warrior known for his prowess on the battlefield and his love of his wife Ximena. Born Don Rodrigo de Vivar, El Cid was once an exile. When King Sancho was murdered in 1072, the King's younger brother was widely suspected. Rodrigo made Alfonso swear to his innocence. The new king did not like being challenged, however, and exiled Rodrigo from Castile, forcing him to leave his family and cross into the no-man's land. With only a few faithful men, Rodrigo eventually conquered the city of Valencia. El Cid Campeador is not just a story of battle, however. It is an epic and sweeping tale of romance, that of a tender, loving husband and father, and of a knight with unswervingly loyal to his country and his king. He is an ever-present inspiration to Spanish patriotism. Long after his death, El Cid remains an idealised figure in Spain, immortalised in plays, film, folk tales and ballads.

Download or read book Poem of the Cid written by Ramón Menéndez Pidal and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1975 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cid and His Spain written by Ramón Menéndez Pidal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of El Cid, first published in English in 1934, is by the leading authority on the medieval history and literature of Spain. The Cid occupies a unique position among national heroes. Others such as King Arthur and Roland are but shadowy figures in the historical record, but El Cid is very much better documented. This book also paints a striking picture of eleventh-century Spain, bringing out the importance of the country as a link between Christian and Muslim civilization.

Download or read book El Cid Campeador written by Henry Washington Lee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from El Cid Campeador: An Opera in Three Acts, Eight Scenes Around the personality and the exploits of Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, El Cid Campeador, have clustered more ballads and legends and folk lore than have fallen to the lot of any other Spanish hero of romance. The Cid is the national hero of Spain and he flourished and wrought mighty deeds in that golden era when knighthood was in flower, when chivalry was at its height, the age of the crusades, when Moor and Spaniard contested for possession of the Iberian peninsula. There is such a wealth of legend and chronicle and ballad, as well substantiated as such tradi tions can be, that the dramatist is reluctantly put to it to leave out much that is thrilling and ro mantic and even theatrical, instead oi - as is usually the case - having to search for available material. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Poem of the Cid written by Paul Blackburn and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few works have shaped a national literature as thoroughly as the Poem of the Cid has shaped the Spanish literary tradition. Tracing the life of the eleventh-century military commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called El Cid (from the Arabic Sayyidi, "My Lord"), this medieval epic describes a series of events surrounding his exile. The text of the poem survives in only one early-thirteenth-century manuscript copied by a single scribe, yet centuries later the figure of the Cid still was celebrated in the Spanish popular ballad tradition. Today almost every theme that characterizes Spanish literature-honor, justice, loyalty, treachery, and jealousy—derives from the Poem of the Cid. Restored by poet and medievalist George Economou, this elegant and spirited translation by Paul Blackburn is judged by many the finest English translation of a great medieval poem.

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the Crusades written by Anthony Bale and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.