| The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Contributor(s): Fletcher, Richard A. (Editor), Barton, Simon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719052254 ISBN-13: 9780719052255 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $67.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: This book makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leó n-Castile during the 11th and12th centuries. The four chronicles were all composed in an unprecedented surge of Spanish historical writing between c.1110 and c.1150. Three of them focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of Leó n-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 Dí az, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christians and Muslims alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Dewey: 946.02 |
| Series: Manchester Medieval Sources Series |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.72" W x 8.88" (1.05 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leon-Castile during the 11th and12th centuries. The four chronicles were all composed in an unprecedented surge of Spanish historical writing between c.1110 and c.1150. Three of them focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of Leon-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 Diaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christians and Muslims alike. |