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Chronicle of the Cid
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This book has it all! Swords! Dancing! And beards! All tangled up in an epic "historic" poem. The Cid--a gallantly bearded knight banished by his king for crimes he did not commit--goes smiting and smashing all over Spain, killing Moors like flies and creating a kingdom of his own by the sweat of hi
From a modern American perspective, The Cid seems an odd choice for a national hero. He was a highly successful battle commander, but half his career was spent as a raider. He lived off the lands of Moors who had done him no wrong and lived under the protection of christian nobles. So in one of The
“Songs of My Lord” or leader or chief, is a saga in three parts of the Spanish knight Ruy (Rodrigo) Diaz. He was a supposedly loyal vassal to Christian King Alfonso of Castile who unjustly exiles him, and keeps his wife and daughters hostage. In his exile, El Cid, also called Campeador (Champion) in
El cantar de mío Cid es un clásico español que nos lleva al mundo caballeresco de la edad media.
Las tres estrellas no es porque me haya gustado, sino que para ser un escrito con tanto peso de antigüedad se ha dejado leer muy bien, ya que he podido seguir el hilo de la historia y nunca me ha aburrido
Visto con los ojos actuales, que riqueza de matices tiene este poema épico. Fiel reflejo de la mentalidad medieval.
The Poem of the Cid, the first great work of Spanish literature, tells the story of the 11th century military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, his unjust exile, his rehabilitation through military conquest and tribute, and his search for justice following the humiliation and abuse of his two daughters
¡Ah! ¡El Cantar del buen Cid! ¿A quién se le pudo ocurrir obligar a un niñato de 14 a digerir esta joya? ¡No tiene ni boca ni sesos para hacerlo!
Ahora a mis 32 en cambio, he sonreido y sonreido, acariciando la misma copia de páginas amarillentas que compre alla en 1993 so pena de Rojo en la libreta.
This book has been sitting around my bookshelves for a long time, ever since a friend from college gave it to me on a whim; and because of my impending trip to Spain, I finally decided to pick it up. It is a quick and light read; and I was pleased to find out that this is the oldest extant epic poem
La historia es muy entretenida, la vida de Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, más conocido como el Cid, guerrero español de gran valor que fue la defensa contra los moros.
Es una historia que enseña muchas cosas como el honor, el valor, la caballerosidad, la lealtad a un ideal o concepto que sería el rey de Espa