The world of El Cid : chronicles of the Spanish reconquest
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The world of El Cid : chronicles of the Spanish reconquest
（Manchester medieval sources series）
Manchester University Press, c2000
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"First digital, on-demand edition produced by Lightning Source 2007"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-273) and index
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Description
Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leon-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of Leon-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 Diaz, 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. -- .
Table of Contents
List of figures
Forword
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. General introduction
2. 'Historia Silense'
3. Bishop Pelayo of Oviedo, 'Chonicon Regum Legionensium'
4. 'Historia Roderici'
5. 'Chonica Adefonsi Imperatoris'
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Index -- .
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