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THE WORLD OF EL CID

THE WORLD OF EL CID

CHRONICLES OF THE SPANISH RECONQUEST

SIMON BARTON / RICHARD FLETCHER / ROSEMARY HORROX / SIMON MACLEAN

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Publisher:
MANCHESTER
Year of publication:
2000
Subject:
History of spain
ISBN:
978-0-7190-5226-2
Pages:
281
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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 fasincating 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.

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