[Gutenberg 6088] • The Lay of the Cid

[Gutenberg 6088] • The Lay of the Cid
Authors
Unknown
Publisher
Dodo Press
Tags
classics , approximately 1043-1099 -- poetry , poetry , cid
ISBN
9781406504187
Date
1140-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.11 MB
Lang
en
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Large Format for easy reading. Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, better known as El Cid ("the leader") was Spain's first national hero, an eleventh century warrior whose conquests liberated the fatherland from the Moors. The Lay of the Cid concentrates on his relationship with King Alfonso VI of Castile and relates events from his exile from Castile in 1081 until shortly before his death in 1099.