The world of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish ReconquestSimon Barton, Richard Fletcher Manchester University Press, 2013 M01 1 - 296 páginas 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. |
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... fighting in eastern Spain and had dealings with both the kings of Aragon and the counts of Barcelona. Rodrigo was a native of Castilla, or Castile. This region was the south-eastern frontier province of the kingdom of León, taking its ...
... fighting in eastern Spain and had dealings with both the kings of Aragon and the counts of Barcelona. Rodrigo was a native of Castilla, or Castile. This region was the south-eastern frontier province of the kingdom of León, taking its ...
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... fighting with the partisans of his wife. When Lucas of Tuy, canon of San Isidoro, came to compile his Liber de Miraculis Sancti Isidori ('Book of Miracles of St Isidore') in the early thirteenth century he demonised Alfonso el ...
... fighting with the partisans of his wife. When Lucas of Tuy, canon of San Isidoro, came to compile his Liber de Miraculis Sancti Isidori ('Book of Miracles of St Isidore') in the early thirteenth century he demonised Alfonso el ...
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... fighting he put nearly sixty thousand of them to the sword. Finally the Franks, thrown into confusion by divine chastisement for as long as they reviled the Catholic faith with haughty mien, lost both lives together. Those of them who ...
... fighting he put nearly sixty thousand of them to the sword. Finally the Franks, thrown into confusion by divine chastisement for as long as they reviled the Catholic faith with haughty mien, lost both lives together. Those of them who ...
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... fighting.48 CHAPTER 10 Meanwhile King Sancho assembled an army and laid siege to Zamora, which long ago used to be called Numantia.49 The Zamorans, however, remained unmoved by this development. Fortified by the assistance of King ...
... fighting.48 CHAPTER 10 Meanwhile King Sancho assembled an army and laid siege to Zamora, which long ago used to be called Numantia.49 The Zamorans, however, remained unmoved by this development. Fortified by the assistance of King ...
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... fighting poorly: taking off the golden helmet which he habitually wore on his head he would sit upon the ground with dishonour. When the barbarian soldiers saw him bareheaded, exhorting one another to action, they surrounded our men on ...
... fighting poorly: taking off the golden helmet which he habitually wore on his head he would sit upon the ground with dishonour. When the barbarian soldiers saw him bareheaded, exhorting one another to action, they surrounded our men on ...
Contenido
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Bishop Bishop Pelayo of Oviedo Chronicon Regum Legionensium | 65 |
Historia Roderici | 90 |
Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris | 148 |
Bibliography | 264 |
Index | 274 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Simon Barton,Richard Fletcher Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Simon Barton,Richard Fletcher Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Simon Barton,Richard Fletcher Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
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Alfonso VII Almería Almoravid Aragon army attacked barbarians Barcelona battle began bishop body brother called camp campaign castle century CHAPTER Christians chronicler church commanders Córdoba Count daughter death defeated destroyed died early emperor enemies father Fernández Fernando fight foot-soldiers Galicia García gave give given gold González granted Hagarenes hands heard held Historia honour Isidoro killed king King Alfonso king of León king’s kingdom knights known land later León Leonese lived Lord Madrid March messengers Moabites Muño Muslim nobles once ordered Oviedo peace Pedro Pelayo Pérez Portugal Queen Ramiro received referred region reign Reilly remained returned River Rodrigo royal ruled Saint Sánchez Sancho Saracens sent Seville siege Spain suggested sword taken Tashufin Toledo took town translated troops Urraca Valencia Vermudo victory waged wife wish Zaragoza