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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... Read Full Overview

One of the finest of epic poems, and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain, The Poem of the Cid recounts the adventures of the warlord and nobleman Rodrigo D az de Vivar - 'Mio Cid'. A forceful combination of heroic fiction and historical fact, the tale seethes... Read Full Overview

El Cantar de mio Cid es un cantar de gesta an nimo que relata haza as heroicas inspiradas libremente en los ltimos a os de la vida del caballero castellano Rodrigo D az el Campeador. La versi n conservada fue compuesta, seg n la mayor a de la cr tica actual, alrededor del a... Read Full Overview

El Cantar de mio Cid, como ya hemos avanzado, se basa libremente en la parte final de la vida de Rodrigo D

One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old saga narrates the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy D az of Bivar, known as El Cid--"the Lord"--and his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The poem recounts the... Read Full Overview

Students of Spanish literature have long been familiar with this eight-hundred-year-old epic detailing the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy D?az of Bivar, El Cid, and of his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The epic poem recounts the adventures... Read Full Overview

Solo algunas obras surgidas de entre las literaturas románicas pueden vanagloriarse de fundar un mito. Éste es el caso del Poema de Mio Cid, obra cumbre de la épica medieval castellana. En ella se narra la parte central de la vida de un personaje histórico que el poema... Read Full Overview