The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest

Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of LeÃ3n-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of LeÃ3n-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 DÃ-az, 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.

Author: Simon Barton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 11/09/2000
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780719052262
ISBN10: 0719052262
BISAC Categories:
- History | General
- Literary Criticism | European | Spanish & Portuguese

About the Author

Simon Barton is Reader in Medieval Spanish History at the University of Exeter

Richard Fletcher is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York