 A page from the original codex, starting from line 1922 El Cantar de Mio Cid is the oldest conserved Spanish cantar de gesta. Formerly, it was transmited only orally, but in 1207 it was written down by Per Abad. This copy is held as part of a 14th century codex in the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) in Madrid. However, it is incomplete. The first page and two others in the middle are missing. It is written in mediaeval Castilian, the ancestor of modern Spanish. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
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A cantar de gesta is the Spanish version of the Old French chanson de geste. ...
Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ...
Its current title is a modern invention; we do not know exactly what the original poet called it. Some call it El Poema del Cid on the grounds that it is not a cantar but a poem made up of three cantares. The title has been translated into English as The Lay of the Cid and The Song of the Cid. Some English translations include the verse translation of W.S. Merwin and prose translation of Rita Perry and Janet Hamilton.
The Story Being based on a true story, it tells of a Spanish hero El Cid or El Campeador, whose true name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz, during the Reconquista, or reconquest of Spain from the Moors. El Cid married the sister of king Alfonso VI, Jimena Díaz, but for obscure reasons (according to the story, he made the king swear he had not ordered the fratricide of his own brother), he fell into the disfavour of the king and had to leave his home country Castile. History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History...
For other uses, see Reconquista (Disambiguation). ...
Alfonso VI (before June 1040 - July 1, 1109), nicknamed the Brave, was king of León from 1065 to 1109 and king of Castile since 1072 after his brothers death. ...
Fratricide is the act of a person killing their brother. ...
Exile is a form of punishment. ...
A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ...
To regain his honour, he participated in the battles against the Moorish armies and conquered Valencia. By these heroic acts he regained the confidence of the king and his honour is restored. His two daughters then married the infantes (princes) of Navarre and Aragon. The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències by Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain. ...
In the Spanish and former Portuguese monarchies, Infante (masc. ...
Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. ...
Capital Zaragoza Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 4th 47 719 km² 9,4% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 11th 1 217 514 2,9% 25,51/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Aragonese aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate...
The entire work, consisting of more than 3700 verses, is conventionally divided into three parts:
Cantar del Destierro El Cid has to leave Castile and fights with the Moorish king of Zaragoza until he gets to Valencia. Zaragozas location in Spain Zaragoza (frequently Saragossa in English; Latin Caesaraugusta) is the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragón in Spain, and is located on the river Ebro, and its tributaries the Huerva and Gállego, near the centre of the region, in...
The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències by Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain. ...
Cantar de las Bodas El Cid conquers Valencia. After Cid asks the king to forgive him, he agrees and Cid marries his two daughters to the infantes of Carrión.
Cantar de la Afrenta de Corpes The infantes of Carrión offend and abandon their wives. Once more, El Cid has to gain his honour back, so he asks the court of Toledo for justice. Then he remarries his two daughters to the infantes of Navarre and Aragon.
Authorship The whole work is anonymous, but there is a theory that it was composed by two people. One from San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria, who tried to portray the story more realistically, and other from Medinacelli who adds some more novelesque lines.
Extract These are the first two stanzas that we have. The format has been slightly regularised. De los sos oios tan fuertemientre llorando, Tornava la cabeça e estavalos catando; Vio puertas abiertas e uços sin cañados, alcandaras vazias, sin pielles e sin mantos e sin falcones e sin adtores mudados. Sospiro Mio Cid, ca mucho avie grandes cuidados. Fablo mio Cid bien e tan mesurado: «grado a ti, Señor, Padre que estas en alto! »Esto me an buelto mios enemigos malos.» Alli piensan de aguiiar, alli sueltan las rriendas; a la exida de Bivar ovieron la corneia diestra e entrando a Burgos ovieronla siniestra. Meçio Mio Cid los ombros e engrameo la tiesta: «¡Albricia, Albar Fañez, ca echados somos de tierra! »Mas a grand ondra torneremos a Castiella.»
Links For more information, read the article on El Cid Campeador. History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History...
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